THE KENNEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22204, 6 March 1934, Page 2

THE KENNEL

By Bkecdcb.

the notes appearing io this paper every Tueiday morning under this heading are the Official Notes of the Otago Kettael Olub. The Secretary (Wbltconjbe’s Chambers) will be pleased to re* celve notes before Saturday of . each, week and ‘to pass them on to "Breeder" for inclusion In TM Kennel on the following Tuesday, also advertising material (for Sales, etc.) for Insertion at ths toot of the column.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.

“S. 8.” (Omakau) asks for information about his dog, He says: About a year ago he contracted distemper, and has since been troubled by the usual aftermath, champing jaws. This champing seems to be more prominent when he' is working and in hot weather, and causes him to. become exhausted quickly. Is there any treatment for this, or is a veterinary surgeon needed ?—“Answer; There is ~ no treatment likely to do this dog any good. It is a Common sequel to distemper, and is due to degeneration of the nervous system, including portion of the brain. He should only be given the minimum amount of work, and, if possible, no work at all in. hot westher.

The South Canterbury Kennel Club’s first ribbon parade on Saturday, February 24, held in the beautiful grounds of Mrs R. „, H, Rhodes, “ Carne, Sealy street, jXimaru, was a pronounced success. There ■was a large attendance of the public, who, followed the awards with much interest during the afternoon. Close on 200 does were exhibited. The parade was ably managed by members of the North Otago .Kennel Club, led by that enthusiast, Mr M. F. Woodward, who kept everything going with a swing, which-enabled the judge (Mr W. Henderson), the president of the Otago Kennel Club, to get through his big job sooner than was expected. The president of the club (Mr Saville), in thanking the public and fanciers for their support, expressed the club’s appreciation of- the action of the members of the North Otago Kennel Club in coming up to control the parade. He also extended the clubV wannest thanks to Mrs Rhodes for her kindness in placing her lovely grounds at the club’s disposal. It was gratifying to see so many mem* hers of the Otago Kennel Club present with, their dogs, and they were very pleased With the treatment both they, and their dpgs received while in Timsru t In Mr M, J. Cook (secretary) th« (lub has the right man in the right place, and 1 feel confident from the experience gained by jthe club at its first venture teat fanciers can look forward to a great show later on in the year; The Otago fanciers’ dogs wen well looked after by several members of the club, including Mr Baird, Mr Annand, and others whose names I cannot remember. . - The outstanding dogs shown were: Miss Kerr’s old English sheep dog, a strong, compact dog with good action and a great coat'and bone. He ws# of nice size, and was beautifully shown. He was winner of the Ladies’ ■ Stakes. and the Non-sporting Stakes, . Miss H. .Seville's Sealy Sam is a very sound little dog with a good coat, sound fore and aft. and .with a nice ftort back. He won the Terrier Stakes and Novics Stakes. Mrs Q. Allan showed « very nice ' pair of min Poms with good coats and fine bone. The puppy looks like making, up into a classy toy; was winner of the .Toy Stakes. Miss H. Patterson’s wire-hair fox terrier,, a very stylish little terrier which shows a lot of character, was winner of the Puppy Stakes. Mr L. Smyth won with' hie blue roan cocker dog, which is well known to fanciers. He was put down in good condition, and won the Sporting Stakes. Another little dog with which I was . Impressed. was Mr R. L. Orbell’s West Highland .white, puppy., which shows a lot of promise. He. should reverse the position with the winner when a little older. ■ .■■■- V.'« Messrs M. 6. and W. H. Austin have completed the order for a pair of Borzois from England, and they are leaving for New Zealand this month, ' The pair purchased ate Boyarin of Aodlestone I and omeiks of Addlestone front the ken* nels of Mrs Dulcie, Wild Rice, (England). Both bays been ppd performers at Home, their latest wins being under the Duchess of Newcastle. ■ 'T?>« litter sister of Sineika has already W®“ her championship. The pair will be the most important of this breed. brought to New Zealand. , Messrs Austin Bros, are adding Borzois, to. their kennel* to replace Alsatians, ; which they at present have. Mr Ft- G. Zeffer has bred a fine litter of Samoyedes from his pair of Australian importations, Snow Chief and Snow Queen. There are four. dogs and two bitches. They are a fine, uniform litter, and their owner is delighted with bis first venture. He has had an offer for the whole litter from one purchaser, particulars of. which I will give readers later. During the week “ Breeder ” examined Messrs Austin Bros.’s new purchase, the wire fox terrier bitch, Kidlet of Bietow (imported frqm England by Mrs Wall, Maryborough). 1 found her a much better specimen than I expected. She. is a nice size with a. good wire coat, nice bone, good length of bead, and well carried ears, and is a good show animal. Judiciously. mated, she' should breed a filer; being bred in the purple. . She haa dene a lot of winning and should not be long in being a champion. . . . Mr Jamieson, of Auckland, a keen cocker spaniel fancier, was in Dunedin during the week, and called on me.while here. He visited all the important kennels here, and was more than surprised at the quality of the dogs.. He asked ms to express bis appreciation of the many kindnesses shown to him during bis visit. Mr Chimnaa has disposed of- three •of the Irish terrier dog pups by ch Wicklow Ringer from his Australian-bred bitch, Roscrea Rompaway,. one going to Mrs Wallis (Gore) and another going to Mr Sinclair (Wellington). These sales show that well-bred and reared stock is always in demand. ■ ’ _

Over the week-end I called on Mr J. Curie, a new recruit to the Smooth’ Fox Terrier fancy, and found him finishing off a very fine range of kennela for bio young terriers. The inmates are looking in tiptop order, and if comfort and attention is going to count in their future show careers they should go a long. way. I have not had the pleasure of seeing Mr J. Marshall’s latest; Australian-bred Silkie dog pup, but from remarks beard from several fanciers of these nice little doge, he must be well up to standard. His owner informed me he was well satisfied with him. v , , Mrs G. H. Donaldson (Oamaru) has mated her fine collie bitch, Judith of Selkirk, bred by H. Townsend, by Roejrtti Reflection from Emsley Model, to Mrs H. Leckie’s Rajah of Lochiel, by Lancer of Lochie] from Seaview Susie. Mrs Tonks' (Dunedin) Has purchased* Scottish Terrier bitch pup from the pair recently imported from Australia by-Mr J. P. Taucher, of Ratanui fame- Ths full pedigree, is not to hand as_ yet. The sire is the young dog Rktanul Mac. Mac himself has only been benched twice in New Zealand, winning each time. A litter brother of his, Gd ch Olympian Black Watch, won his Gd. Ch. when only 13 months old. Mae is by Ch. Balmenno Barnaby (imp.), from Gd. Ch. Olympian Lorna Doone. The little dam, Cb. Ratanui Lass, is by Gd. Ch. Craig Victor from Ch. Craigmore Betty.- Ch, Lass won her championship with one point to spare, the champion cup and ■ best “ Scottie ” at Dannevirke last week. She has never been beaten on the show bench. At one snow held recently she won against Heather Baba (imp.), the Wellington “Scottie who got “Beet Scottie” at the Dunedin Show last June. With such good breeding behind it, the puppy should go far, as her new owner intends her for show purposes. Mr Taucher, the breeder, thinks so highly of the litter thst this is the only puppy to be released, as it was ordered aa far back as March last. Mrs Tonks also advises that the Scottish bitch nui Kimmcr Adair, owned by herself and Miss Tonks, is leaving this^ week on a stud visit to the Australian Ch. Olympian Adair, whilst Ratanui Mione, her dam, Is booked to visit Ratanui Mac shortly. Mrs Tremaines, of the Von Btssiesburg Kennels, advises that her Aloatian bitch Cotswold Caprice w at. present rearing a fine litter of nine puppies, inn sire of these pups is Mr JSysriss eh. Gaspar of Braemar. Two of the puppies are going to Wellington, one to Christchurch, another to Dunedin, and a dog' puppy is being retained in the home kennels for future etud purposes. Mre Tremaiues’s other young bitch, lx>it of I*>r« raine, which won the puppy class at Christchurch, is now being got ready for the Marlborough -Show next month. Silvwt Fang i» si*! being got M»dy fat

the Marlborough Show, aadttipbopfidthat Fang will get his mat aiMP / points unaet Mr Hinchcliff.. THE HEALTH OF YOUR DOSCaptain "Dickie, in hie book, :"Th® Dog.' 1 gives the following Taia'^la^hnus; 7 on toeding::— , “The Inner Dog.—The moet surprising thine; about town doge, as & class, ie bbw: fit they are. Theoretically most oftbem' are living unnatural lives and eating the ; wrong sort of food at the wrong inter- ' vale,- yet, possibly because their ancestors', became gradually adapted to euc& a mode; of life, they survive, and usually flourish. ■; When doge are given to scratching, ever, or are ill-tempered, slack, afld listlees, it is usually because their owners do not give them a chance ,tb live natural lives. The average owner treats hie dog as though it bad a stomach and an appe-; tits like a human—that ie where he gotm wrong. A dog’s. stomach ip enormous in proportion, to hie site, nod can hold about a week’s ration of food.' Visualise a dog s ancestral habit*. t Whan his peck made a kill every dog bolted aa much meat as he could, swsllowiag -it whole in large lumpa. Those dogs which " swallowed more than they could comfort* ably carry vomited up the balance (for dogs have the power ol voluntary wseett) and buried or hid: it. Later, in, time* of famine, they dug up the food that they had buried in times pi. plenty, while their daintier companions starved te “Sato. Thus the quickest ester# survived, A® this day a dog will swallow and digest,.-: without difficulty, great lumps of raw f. meat, and hla inherited initinet to bones is known to aR keen; gardener*! Do not be alermed, therefore, When Fnto ; swallows a large lump of raw meat; it will do him. no harm, and he will wot choke. People are inclined to feed dog*/: aa if they were rodents, giving th«n; frequent meals of atarchy food* and little else. This ie ell wrong. Never-et W time should a grown-up *»g hare «g« than one square meal a day. Ana ne needs very little starch.- “ Table scraps are excellent, cooked meat, fish (if care is tdfien to rsmove all bones), vegetables end brown bread raw meat is essential « the dag.ip. tn ba A* (pod . plan ie. tn give him nothingbut raw meet one day s' weelu •- . 4 “ The morel is to vary the food, eo that everything the dog cea possibly need is Sooneror later included in his diet. “Bones are essential, and are bestgi van raw, but the bones of birds/espociaily of chickens, are dangerous; sharp splinters may stick sertaTtbe .dog’s throat and do serious harm. Raw ImnswWftbjaaat on them will keep him busy fw b®«* * time and help to clean hw teeth. For big dogs, sheep’s oeckv given raw, are excellent. ' ■ , t. ■ “Poppies ehould. be treated about every iix weeks. lrany«»la» is wrong with a puppy it iS lO to onp;*** l the trouble ie either worms or durtsfiper. “How often they should; be fed : upon age; e two month* old.-puppy should be fed five times a day, s three .or four months’ pup four times,, nve to • eight months, three, times; -Mgß-'.lwjee and, when fully grown, ;'siy,-ai ; If mobtflk, one meal a day. -ii, ' To summarise. Peed puppm often and give them small ratals; grown dog* seldom (Once a day) and, give them plenty to eat.-, ’' ■ .-■)‘■ v -ct■ - r *:-. “ Dogs should be fad in the ev«Ung and taxen for a run half an hour pfterwards. ■' ' ‘ ‘ A ' T . ■ “Host-wave Food.—Oatmeal, porridge, for inetsneo, is an excellent dog food in cold westher; in hot Weether .it mould food of snyxind in summer. In *R eeeen Starchy , fewd Aould be redueed m hot 'weather. :. . v ' a mistaken npttouv.exittp meat is beating to the Blood, Quite Iho contrary, is the case* it ia an excellent hot-weather food. ■ . v t “Liver, however, should be given epafinriv. It is valuable- in mpderstioa, eontainini ft Titainin noir fotnid is itftftx« it has ah aperient effert. . . . , "Give Him QUve Oil —Tripe k defiuitely e W-weather food, ee ere^«o<*ed bullocks’ windpipes end flab- “ A good plan Is to poor e Itttk# dive oil in the dqt’s mest every few days. A teaspobhful is quite enough for s fox temer. This keeps bis inside in pod working.order end gives s healthy sheen rv h « vrill eat raw fmit most troubles will be As ment some sugar may be added jmtu the tiSte fiir f Wit ia. acquired. CouMd green vegetfebko: pro good, buf ' dete -enbotitute, and , : better.; Pitfiei mited in with tbe fopd, ir the dM^enpes “ Some -people think :^baC' v . often dislike Rreen ioods,. f wb foods Vge not- necessary , to their well-peinn. ; A«ni'"“'w'iU WVnMtle-*ViU iegb i p4 -' some tame ones, eat pramw 'vegetable foods which. Seep them w cws*,. dition. hut normally domertic dogs wither want nor get enough raw, vegetable food- “ Dog* are very like humano-. In hot weather they need light, nouHrfutw food, plenty to' drink,tivel Exercise. ehould»M i ; v epread over-the longvet period, not a quarter of an hour s bara gsilom but a long walk, sphinta. Remind Rest Home, for Doge pd ideal couditiona;. per Mai ,■ B, 0.. Price. (phone' 23-8d6).-—Advt,