All About Dogs And Dogs' Diet

Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1949, Page 7

All About Dogs And Dogs' Diet

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WELLINGTON, March 31. How the meat, riiilk and wheat short ages in England were bypassed ih th6 leeding of dogs was discussed by the leading Lnglish dog show j'udge, Mr. L. C. Wilsou, who is visiting Wellington. Mr. Wilson said that apart perhaps irom that given to individual pets in people 's homes meat fed to dogs was exclusively condemned meat, and dog biseuits were made from condemned wheat. The big snag was in obtaining .nilk supplies for pupjiies. Most keniiels kept goats or knew where goats'' .nilk could be obtained, There was no aeed to feel sorry for the dogs. They did very vvell on it. To illustrate the adaptability of dogs" to diet, Mr. Wilson told of a 10-year-old Afglian hound that had been adjudged the best dog of all breeds in the first postwar show 011 Jersey Island and had then won the championship in England. flhroughout the German occupation of tlie island it Jiad lived solely on liihpets aud boiled potatoes. . Referring to the popularity of. yarious breeds, Mr. Wilson said the Pem* broke Corgi— the Royal family 's pets— were becoming increasingly popular. The war had interrupted the beginnings of that growth, but New Zealanders had made Several importations of that breed in the past 12 months. U" He had found the most popular dog every where was the coeker spaniel except for the predominance of Alsatians in Singapore. ■ i To show the treinendous proportions. to whieh gi'eyhound raeing in Engiarid' had grown Mr. Wilson said an ofl'er of" £10,000 had been refused for a greyhound there. Establisned in 1925 greyhound racing had completely ousted whippet racing. Whippets had increased in popularity as show dogs, 4 ;