KENNEL NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7930, 13 October 1911, Page 2

KENNEL NOTES

(By "Fitzroy.")

IFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ’WELLINGTON KENNEL CLUB. Dorrcspon-lonco is invited from canine fanciers and others interested in this column. Letters will bo treated confidentially. and questions answered ‘through tho column) at the earliest opportunity. Correspondents ars requested to sign their names, but a nom der’ome may also bo used if necessary. Letters should reach this office not later than Wednesday for reply in tho followleg Friday’s issue

“Glasshouse” (City) asks:—' Would vou please advise mo on what date the English Kennel Club reclassified the bull terrier as a sporting breed r' Ihe meeting of the club was held on July 1-th this vear. The committee decided: “That bull terriers be classified as sporting dogs on tho registers.” Such is fame! Tho Wellington Fox Terrier Club's reputation has even reached Australia, so it seems, as Mr Shaniey informs me that ho has had a lengthy letter from Miss Nancy S. Grice, the lion, secretary of tho Australian Ladies Kennel Club Melbourne, in which she informs Mr Shaniey that her club intends holding a “parade” on a large scale. Having heard how well-managed and patronised the parade had been which the W.F.T.C. held last May (in connection with the N.Z.F.T.C.), Miss Grice requests Mr Shaniey to give her all particulars as to management, entry-fees, etc., of such a function, in order to enable her club to proceed on the same lines. A request like the above, coming as it docs from a very strong and powerful Australian club, can only be ccruntod a nigh compliment to our progressive local club. And may I ask the management right here: ‘‘When is your next parade coming off?" This is what tho judge in his report on the Nelson show has to say in the ’’New Zealand Farmer" of our locally-owned smooth-coated fox terrier stud dog Newcastle Warlike: “The owner has worked wonders with this dog since his arrival in New Zealand, affid if his coat could be mad© to lie closely to his body, instead of open, as at present, he might bo expected to hold his own with our very best. He could do with a little more bone, but for tyjje* size and character, he needs to be reckoned with." Mrs J. Winter has a “dark horse" in a six-month-old fox terrier puppy by Reflector (imp.) ex Duucraggan Deciraa. The puppy is one of the finest seen about here for a while, and it is expected that she will make her ‘‘bow to the public ' at Palmerston on November’ Ist. Wellington will soon be able to hold its own again in fox terriers. Messrs L. and A. Caselberg (father and son) have gon« ipth partnership, as far as their fox terrier kennels are concerned, and have xmrohased Akerana Vixen (litter sister to Ability's dam) from Mr li. Shaniey. They have registered Flamsted as their prefix. Another puppy from the Warlike—Wakomup litter has found a now home, having been purchased by Mr James Fox, of Kaikoiira, at a good figure. This loaves Mr Shaniey with only one puppy in the kennels, but Myrtleton Marigold is due to whelp on the llth instant, while Duncraggan Docima should follow suit on the 16th. Out of these last two litters Mr Shaniey expects his champion for th© 1912 season. Mr H. Shaniey has almost recovered from his recent illness, and intends to resume his duties as honorary secretary of th© Wellington. Fox Terrier Club. Nominations of stud dogs for the 1912 Sires Produce Stakes of the Wellington For Terrier Club closo finally on November Ist. Mr G. K. Hutchinson, jnr., Auckland, has so far only entered ono sire, namely, ch. Blowhard Briggs, and forth© Wire-haired S. P. Stake only. He has now nominated Westpoint Farmer (imp.) for the same stake, while he has also paid up for ch. Blowhard Briggs in the Smooth-coated Stake.

Mr H. Shanloy is negotiating for the purchase of Hazlemero Harbinger. This bitch won in all her classes at Auckland, and was second to Lyudale Noll throughout the Wellington show, besides scoring in the brood-bitch class. Of her rue judge at the Auckland show says in his report: "Hazlemere Harbinger, first in colonial-bred and open, is a classical terrier with good head, ears, eyes, neck, legs, feet and coat. The bitch ie in whelp to Standart Rebuff (imp.), which means that Wellington will bo enriched again by some of the choicest blood in New Zealand, if business .results in this base. A case of considerable interest to all fanciers came • before tho committee of the English.-' Kennel Club when a protest was received concerning a bulldog which had won a prize, although its tail was docked. The protest urged that the tail of the dog had been shortened in contravention to regulation 6 Vappondix 2) to the Kennel Club Kules, and that the committees of all tho shows had dismissed the objections. Ai wutness (a doctor) who gave evidence for the owner said that “Mr Stanley Jones showed me a bulldog, Mackworth Marquess, and asked mo to examine its tail. j. did so. and found it was suffering from septic cellulitis, and I advised his kennelman. that amputation was necessary. The kennolman performed the operation in ray presence, and I believe and am of opinion that such operation was necessary for tho health of the dog." After an inquiry the Kennel Club committee decided that the appeals be dismissed on the ground that it had been proved to their satisfaction that the operation was a necessary one. This is a most important finding, and one which must have bearing in all parte of tho Empire.

.“W.ildy” (Petone), "Aster" (Wanganui), "Kalian” (Palmerston North) ask me to publish the treatment for a dog with distemper. The chief thing to do in a case of distemper is to keep the patient as warm and dry ns possible, at tho same time keeping np tho dog’s strength. A Very usetul treatment in oases of distemjier, and which usually effects a cure, consists of quinine and hyposulphite of soda put up in two-grain capsules, when first the disease is noticed; isolate the dog at once, then give a dose of castor oil. hollow this three times daily with a two-grain capsule of quinine, and half an hour after each dose of quinine give a two-grain capsule of hyposulphite of soda. If tho dog refuses to eat even tfio most tempting morsels, break one or two eggs into his mouth three or four times a daj-, and force him to swallow them. This will usually keep up the dog’s strength, and when he begins to improve, unless the stomach is very weak, give fresh, lean beef, for a dog will cat this when all other food fails to tempt him. When all fever has left tho patient, discard tho quinine, and give a similar number of doses consisting of five drops of nux vomica, ivhich will act as a nerve stimulant and appetiser. Puppies or grown dogs may be treated as above, and if kept dry and warm will in nirie cases out of ten recover without any ill aftereffects. The quantities of medicine, etc., quoted above are for a largo breed, such as a pointer, setter, collie, greyhound, and in the case of a smaller breed such as a pug, fox terrier, Irish terrier, cocker spaniel only one-half or one-third of the quantities quoted will suffice. These instructions should bo handed to a chemist.