KENNEL NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20494, 12 March 1932, Page 6

KENNEL NOTES.

- —: ▼ [By Caleb.] LQueries for . answer in this column should be addressed "Caleb," oar* 'Jim I'kess, Cbriitchurch, and to ebauro publication on any Saturday must be received not later than the Tuesday preceding.] Mr J. Waters, of Blenheim; has sent his blue roan cocker spaniel bitch, Sunspot of Clifton, a pleasing daughter of Avon Ambassador and Braeval Blast, on a stud visit to the imported <log Cobnar Pip, owned by Mrs A. Nicoll, of Asliburton. Mr 11. 0. Johnson's pleasing Sydney silky bitchj Sylvia Trixie, has been mated to her kennel mato, Yarra \Vattle Blue, "an-Australian-bred clog. Mr A. McDougall, of Dunedin, has secured a fine grey* Alsatian dog puppy i by Cito Picardy of Kilmartin, ex Irma of Lorraine, fl'om its breeder, Mr# H. Simon, of Spreydon. Another puppy from the same litter has gone to Mr L. Smart, of Iticcarton. Colleen Bawn, the Irish setter hitch, owned by Mr \V. A. White, of St. Albansj ha« whelped a premising litter of four puppies, three dogs, by her kennel-mate, the winning dog, Tara of Trashna. Mr IV 0. Johnson, of St. Albans, lias disposed of two fine all white Sealyham terrier dog puppies, by Lord Glyn Dhu, ex Silver Dawn, to Mr L. Moorliead, of Waipawa. Mr U. Purnell, of Fendalton, has secured a black cocker spaniel dog puppy by Papanui Vadefj ex Papanui Zenda, from Mr W. C. Loversedge, of Fendalton. . Mrs A. P. Talbot's wiro fox-terrier* bitch, Merchanto Suzanne, has been mated to tho same owner's imported stud dog, Compound of Notts. Meaning of the Word Breeder. There still seems to be some doubt in the minds of novices as to the-mean-ing of the term brcqder. It is an im-

jiortant point because the credit of having tired a good dog is far greater than that of being its owner. Money cnn !wv a champion. A champion may change ownership many times during its career, but the name of its actual breeder goes with it in the stud books, in show catalogues, and in all documents concerning its existence and history. Disputes, however, often occur, and there are frequent complications, difficult of adjustment, in spite of the Kerinel Club's explicit statement that "The breeder is the owner of the bitch at the time of whelping." At the time the puppies are born,, not at the. time of mating. No special credit goes to the ingenious person who determined the selection of the particular pair of animals as prospective parents. The bitch may change ownership while she is in Whelp, tt is the person whose property sho is on the day of whelping who is rightly regarded as the breeder. The Wnelping need riot, take place on the breeder's premises; it inay occur while the bitch is under the care of another person, for, she is, still the nominal breeder's .personal property. The presumed difficulty arises when, as often happens, a bitch is hired or leased out for breeding purposes, or when, although bought, she has not been fully paid for. In either of these cases however, ■ she is legally the property of the person responsible at the moment for her license and her keep. Dogs, like other commodities, can be bought and harboured on credit, or hired at an agreed rental, and the puppies. born tcr a bitch during the period of possession are "bred" by the possessor, just as the person who rents an orchard is the acknowledged •"grower" of the fruit it yields. Intending breeders should reniembpr that t]ic leasing of a brood bitch must be properly registered with the secretary of the New Zealand Kennel Club before a whelping takes place, so that the actual possessor of the hitch on the day of whelping may appear in the official records as the breeder. Standard of Colours for Animals. On the principle of the standard of colour descriptions with its elaborate colour chart for actual use in determining hues, originally used lsv drapers, and now generally employed by horticulturists, a scheme is being horticulturists, a scheme is being ovolved for setting up a standard of colourings and markings for animals. A committee set up by the Jlo.val College of Veterinary Surgeons is expected to report and suggest a scheme shortly. The need of it was urged on the Royal College, because of the difficulties which exporters of pedigree livestock have at the ports of embarkation, where delay and expense are caused through the inability of the authorities to identify an animal owing to variance in the descriptions of it. When a suitable scheme is approved, it will be recommended for general adoption by the veterinary profession, and incorporated in the syllabus of instruction at the veterinary schools. Tt will_ also be made widely known with a new to its general adoption.