KENNEL NOTES

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21034, 9 December 1933, Page 25

KENNEL NOTES

[By CALEB. 1 [Queries (op answer in thi» column should be addressed' to "Caleb," care "The Press," Ohristcliurch, and to ensure publication on any Saturday must bo received not later than the Thursday preceding ] News of the Cumbrae Kennels, Oamaru, owned by Dr. A. Smith Morton, has just reached me. Several Scottish Terrier puppies have lately left the kennels for now homes, one having gone to Mr Champion, of Wellington, another to Mr Johnston, Mount Somers, while a third has joined the distant Totheridge Kennels of Mr H. W. Fisher, Auckland. Mr W. M. Jack, of the Ryburn Kennels of Wire Fox-Terriers, announces the mating of his Ch. Carsol of Caree to Ryburn Retained. The latter is a typical specimen of her breed and Carsol's title speaks for itself, so that it is only a natural conclusion that this mating will produce stock that will be a further credit to the Ryburn Kennels. An interesting mating has been reported by Mr N. Brosnan, of St. Albans. His blue roan Cocker bitch, Renwick Tangle, having been mated to the same owner's dog, Braeval Bandit, some good progeny are expected from these two winning dogs. Mrs H. Simon, of the Lorraine Kennels, Hoon Hay, is pleased with a fine litter of Alsatians whelped this week, the dam being Toulaine of Lorraine, and the sire her well-known Knight of Lorraine. It was inadvertently stated in this column last week, that a young Scottish Terrier dog, Gd. Ch. Rouken Royal, was at present in quarantine, from England. This should have read, a son o£ Ch. Rouken Royal is now in quarantine, from England, The J. R. McKenzie Cup. The Canterbury Working Gun Dog Club has now passed the rules and regulations governing the J. R. McKenzie Cup, which cannot be won outright. It is open to all purebred dogs and the trial consists of a land test only on fur and feather. The cup will be competed for early in the new season. Aspirin as a Dog Medicine. The use of aspirin as a household remedy has become very common and the fact that the tablets are now sold so cheaply has encouraged the use of this drug to such an extent that there is good reason to utter a warning against its use for dogs except in particular circumstances. Aspirin would be very useful in some cases of distemper, not as a direct cure, but by reason of its effect in reducing feverishness. The ordinary 5-grain tablet, such as can be obtained from any chemist will be a sufficient dose for a big terrier. More may be given to large dogs, and as regards toy dogs a quarter of a tablet will be an. ample dose. But it must be remembered that aspirin is a compounded chemical, and there is serious danger attached to its too frequent use. All aspirin tablets are not alike in quality. If not very carefully prepared they are liable to undergo chemical decomposition, the effect of which is to form and set free acetic acid which may easily damage the stomach of a delicate animal.