KENNEL NOTES

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21354, 22 December 1934, Page 8

KENNEL NOTES

IBy CALEB.] [Queries for answer in this column should he addressed to "Caleb," care "The Press," Chriatchurcb, and to ensure publication on any Saturday must bo received not later than tba Wednesday preceding.] Answers to Correspondents Mick, Merivale.—Your treatment is on the best lines, and there is little more you can do for the puppy. Reasonably good food, but no fancy stuff, should soon put him on his feet. Try a little codliver oil in small doses and change the bedding from hay to at least two thicknesses of clean sacking. Friend of Dogs, North Canterbury.—The principal and natural food for a dog is raw, lean meat. I have never experimented with whale oil and have not the analysis of it at the moment. It could not be used either as a food or conditioner for dogs. Codliver oil is not a dog food in the ordinary sense, but, containing the vitamins A, B, C, and D in varying quantities, it provides certain substances which are necessary for good health and condition. Codliver oil in any form should be fed in small doses, according to the size of the dog; for example, a dose for the average sheep dog would be a dessertspoonful daily for, say, 14 days. For bitches in whelp and young puppies it is invaluable as a tonic conditioner. Olive oil is not a tonic but a laxative. Space will not permit of a general treatise on feeding. The litter of English Setter puppies, seven dogs and a bitch, owned by Mrs R. Y. White, Beechwood Kennels, Styx, are all thriving, and are an even and quality lot. Their dam, Semaphore Jolly Countess, is doing them remarkably well considering the trying weather. They are sired by ch Rapanui Ranger, the only English Setter champion in the South Island, and it will be remembered that Jolly Countess was the best English Setter bitch, winning the Jamieson Cup at the last Christchurch annual show.

Mrs P. Simon, of Hoon Hay, reports a very lucky litter of nine' Alsatians, all dogs. They are sired by her well known ch Knight of Lorraine, the dam being her winning bitch, Toulaine of Lorraine. They are only a few days old, and Mrs Simon tells me she has already several enquiries for these excellent puppies. The Lorraine Kennels also house a most promising litter of Scotties, whelped on Wednesday last. There are four of either sex, the sire being ch Totteridge McDuff and the dam Rosemoyne Felicia. Mrs Simon's luck seems to have turned for the better, and she will have quite a busy Christmas caring for two valuable litters.

This week I had a pleasant chat with Mr T. V. Cooke, of the Alswell Kennels, Halswell. He is going in strongly for the ever popular British Bulldog, and gave me details of three recent purchases. He has just added to his kennel a valuable youngster. Ohau Golden Hope, a 12-months-old dog, who was awarded best puppy either sex at the last Wellington show, and was then the property of Mr W. Boyer, from whom Mr Cooke purchased him. Golden Hope is closely descended from ch Bonjour Digger, being sired by Ohau Lad ex Roseville Lady Melrose. Another addition to the kennels is a nine-months-old bitch, Princess Marina, who is full of the Kingscote blood. Mr Cooke has also secured from Mrs H. S. Mitchell. New Brighton, a beautiful little bitch, registered as Alswell Lady Atherton. She is by Mrs Mitchell's noted Aotea Rangi from the same owner's Bonny Beauty. Breeding on these lines Mr Cooke should produce something'outstanding for the show ring in the coming year.

Mr Robert Conn, the keen Cairn and Scottish Terrier fancier, has just augmented his kennels by the judicious purchase of three young Scottish Terrier bitches bred by Mr William Ballantyne. The puppies are litter sisters, and are sired by that wonderful dog Albourne Macßarty, who was bred by Mr Cowley in England and, after doing a lot of winning there, he was imDorted direct by Mr Ballantyne. The dam of the puppies is Nydfa Smoke, a daughter of the aforementioned Macßarty and Albourne Circe, who was also imv ported from Mr Crowley, who thought much of her.

In due course, Mr Conn proposes to mate his trio of youne bitches with his winning stud dog, Cumbrae Robin Adair (imp.). Mr Conn's kennel also contains three typical Scottie bitches ip Musselburgh Jean, and Agnes, and an older bitch bred by Mrs Roberts, of Leithfleld. known as Fay. He is certainly concentrating on the popular Scottie, and with the excellent kennel accommodation, should later be able to meet the numerous enquiries for puppies which up to now Mr Conn has not been able to fill.

Dogs and Hot Weather It should be remembered that dogs are just as sensitive to heat and cold as human beings, but they have not that great advantage of being able to quickly divest themselves of heavy clothing on these sunny days. The dog changes his coat but once a year, and it is essential at the present time to provide shade and shelter from the glare of the sun. Dogs that are allowed to run free will seek the shade for themselves, and they can be seen "enjoying" a concrete floor, and if their liberty permits, linoleum inside the house. It is not humane to keep an animal of any breed tied up in the sun and inflict unnecessary suffering, and any dog that is not provided with sufficient shade so<?n becomes worn out with panting for breath. If it is impossible to move the dog to a cool, shady spot, it is only the work of a few moments to probide an awning or screen from the sun with an old carpet or sacking. At all times a plentiful supply of clean, cool drinking water should be provided, and during the prevailing hot weather this should be changed at least twice a day.