. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 412 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. coat will become. If you are constantly " redding " it, as they say m Scotland, ycm must inevitably tear some out with e^•ery repeated operation. All that is necessary is to keep it from tangle, and this is best done with deft fingers rather than with a raking. MISS A. WHISHAWS DROP-EARED CH. PIPER GREY BY WINSOME BOY BALLOCHMYLE BASHFUL. comb. If your dog has a flea, or
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 412 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. coat will become. If you are constantly " redding " it, as they say m Scotland, ycm must inevitably tear some out with e^•ery repeated operation. All that is necessary is to keep it from tangle, and this is best done with deft fingers rather than with a raking. MISS A. WHISHAWS DROP-EARED CH. PIPER GREY BY WINSOME BOY BALLOCHMYLE BASHFUL. comb. If your dog has a flea, or ticks, or any skin eruption, due to heated blood or under-feeding, he will do more in a couple of minutes to ravel and tangle his coat with scratching than would be done with weeks of neglect. To grtjom him once a week ought to be enough. Needless to say, it is well to see that he does not injure his jacket by scrambling through gorse bushes or trying to make his way through forgotten gaps in wire netting, whose points \\'ill soon take tribute of treasured locks. See that there are no projecting nails in the kennel, and that the boards have no hidden s])linters in which hair will catch and be torn. The ojien kennel window ought to be so constructed that he cannot poke his muzzle through the bars, and so wear awaj' his beard. The kennel should, of course, be far removed from the hen run, where fleas may abound; and it is advisable to leave no scraps of food lying near to tempt rats, which will surely bring vermin. It is well periodically to sprinkle the inside of the kennels with paraffin—an excellent in- secticide—and if fleas should indeed make an in\'asion, paraffin is also to be recom- mended, mixed with neatsfoot oil, as a dressing for the dog's coat. It will kill all insects, and at the same time nourish the hair. A Skye Terrier should never really re- quire conditioning for a show. He ought to be kept m such a way that at a couple of days' notice he is prepared to f
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