KENNEL NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8345, 4 February 1913, Page 10

KENNEL NOTES

By "Fitzroy." "S.M.” (City) queries: “What is the correct colour of a foxterrier’s eyes?" The eyes should he dark in colour, darkrimmed. small, and rather deep-set; full of fire and life. “Tom S.” (Oriental Bay) questions: “What should a Yorkshire terrier's colour be?” The proper colour is steel-blue (not silver blue; and golden tan. "Common-sense'’ (Hutt) -writes : /‘Does a small white patch op a black retriever's chest involve disqualification, or result in penalising the doer” A white patch on the chest is penalised according to its size. "Smithy” (Masterton) writes: "Are there any old English or bob-tailed sheep dogs in New Zealand?” Yes. I am not able to obtain the addresses of their owners. Mrs A. Gladys Kcrnot, a well-known Wellington fancier, writes from London: “I thought you'd be interested to know that I shipped, per tho Ruapehu, two jogs— a bloodhound for myselt, ana a Pekingese for my daughter. Tho Peke is from the celebrated kennels of Mrs Ash-ton-Cross, and his sire is the famous Chu-erb of Alderbourne —winner of nineteen championships. He is a beautiful red brindle puppy and ought to make a very nice dog. The bloodhound is from tho Brighton kennels, which have been winning a lot of prizes lately. His mother, Lottie of Brighton, was second in tho championship class at Crystal Palace last week, and his sire is the equally well-known Qui Bono.” There are times when a good "drench” has to be given to a dog, and if he be a big strong animal some care is necessary; but here the great thing is to have everything ready, and carry out the "drenching” expeditiously. Nothing in the nature of a struggle should be made possible; and the idiotic idea of opening his mouth with a view to pouring tho physic down should on no accconfc bo attempted. A .dog can be much more easily dosed with his mouth closed than open. If the jaws be held firmly together, the lower lips can be made into a funnel into which a liquid can he poured; tho liquid will run at once through the lower teeth, and the dog must swallow it. Experienced kennelmen almost invariably dose their dogs in this way. There are also patent medicine-givers sold, consisting of a glass with a small piece of rubber, tubing at the end. The medicine is poured in at the top. Some of these are very convenient, because the glass part of tho apparatus is marked with different measurements, so as to ensure an accurate dose. How to separate two dogs when they are fighting interests many fanciers. A method which is very successful is to dash cold water in their faces. Water, however, is not always available. A good way to loosen a dog’s grip is to insert an ordinary latch-key in the jaws ami turn the key. It takes two people to manage the latter feat. “Rex” (Newtown) writes—“My fox terrier puppy’s ears are very uneven and are carried in a most unorthodox manner. The pup is a prize winner’s whelp. Will it improve?" Puppies up to seven months often carry their ears badly owing to teething operations. _ They improve as soon as the teething is over. The proprietress of a restaurant at Paulton square. Chelsea, London, who found that many of her customers had their dogs at the same table, an din some cases allowed them to eat from their plates on the floor, has established a separate diningroom for dogs. While their mistresses are having luncheon or dinner, the pels are placed in a special room, where they are fed with mutton bones, cooked beef, etc. A dog’s dinner costs 3d, and the animal is allowed to select his dish and to eat his fill. In compliance with the request of a correspondent I append the standard of the Australian terrier as defined by the Australian Terrier Club: 1. General Appearance —A rather lowset, compact, active dog, with good straight hair of wiry texture* coat about from two to two and a half inches long. Average weight about 101 b or 111 b. Extreme weights, from 81b to 141 b. 2. Head —Tho head should bo long, with a flat skull, full between the eyes, with soft hair topknot, long powerful jaw. Teeth level; nose black; eyes small, keen, and dark colour. 3. Bars—Bars email, set high on skull, pricked, or dropped towards the front, free from long hairs. Ears not to be cut singe August, 1896. 4. Neck —Neck inclined to be long in proportion to the body, -with decided frill of hair. 5. Body—Body rather long in proportion to height; well ribbed up; back straight; tail docked. 6. Legs—Forelegs perfectly straight, well set under body, slight feather to the knees, clean feet, black toe nails. Hind legs, good strong thigh, hook slightly bent, feet small and well padded, with no tendency to spread. 7. Colour —Ist: Bine or grey body, tan on legs and face, richer the better; topknot blue or silver; 2nd: clear sandy, or red. 8. Disqualifying Points —Flesh-coloured nose, white toe nails, white breasts, curly or woolly coat, all black coat (puppies excepted). Uneven month will not altogether disqualify, but will be much against a dog.