THE KENNEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22328, 31 July 1934, Page 2

THE KENNEL

By Ureedek. The notes appearlns in tola paper every Tuesday morning under tots beading are the Official Notes of tbe Otago Kennel Club. Tbe Secretary (Whltcombe'i Chambers) will be pleased to receive notes before Saturday of each week and to pass them on to " Breeder" for Inclusion In The Kennel'on the following Tuesday, also advertising material tFor Sales, etc.) for lnsertiou at the toot of the column. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT " Inquirer."—No doube due to some mental disturbance. Will be pleased . to learn if you bare been able to trace the dog. Geraldine Tess, owned by Mr J. A. Peebles, of Oaraaru, has whelped a litter of four dogs and four ■ bitches to Furfeather Quest Pronto. The last matin? of this dog and bitch produced Geraldine .lose Pronto, a good winner at 10 months old at Chrittchucrh. The Otago Kennell Club's ribbon parade held last Saturday night in the Tpwu Hall basement was, perhaps, the most successful ribbon parade ever held in New Zealand. The attendance was estimated at well over 1200, and everything went off to time. Next week I propose to give some details of this parade. Mr B. Boti.l, of Dunedin, has purchased from Mr P. C. Hanson, of Nelson, a bulldog bitch puppy by Samson ex Lady i Winifred. A clog puppy from the same litter is also coming to Dunedin to the order of Mr T. W. Thompson. In my notes of the 17th inst. a printer's error crept into the pedigree of' Mrs George Allan's fine young Pom dog Brilliant Star. This dog is by the eh Little Gold Sunbright (imp.) dog Ra Whitinga Goldie ex Goldbrock Orange GloryMrs Martin, of Martinborongh, a fancier of the French bulldog, of which there are now a number in the North Island, has concluded for the purchase of a French bulldog from England. The. new purchase is named Barkston Dent De Lion, and will come from the kennel of Mrs Townsend Green, president of the French Bulldog Club of England. He is 14 months old and a proved sire. His weight is 211 b and, according to his breeder, is the smallest dog of his breed in or near London. . » In colour Barkston Dent de Lion is all black with the exception of a white chest. He has a wonderful pedigree. His sire is eh Cheviot Tinker, and the sires for five generations back have all been cnam-. pions. This dog won 10 prizes before he was 12 months old: four of the shows being championship fixtures. _ He started his career at seven months with the gaining of first award in post-graduate at the Birmingham national championships; and at Crufts ha was second in puppies. Since then he has been shown at the Crystal Palace and other shows, gaining several high awards and receiving very favourable reports. Coming from such a feputabte kennel, he should be a wonderful i investment for the Wairarapa lady, and should prove a very good mate for her bitch, Madame Beaucaire, which at the present time is looking very fit. Mr M. Simpson, of KaikOrai. hag had his fine black cocker bitch Bay Bess mated to Mr L. Smyth's black imported dog Church Leigh Druson Mrs George Allan has this week mated h«r great brood bitch Goldbrook Orange Glory, the dam of several high-clew min Poms, to her home-bred dog Brilliant star. This kennel is producing some hne toys, and this last mating should find something very choice, as the sire and dam are the type everyone is striving to g6 Mr lan Hedges, of Oamaru, has mated his Irish terrier bitch, .Roscommon Gypsy, to Mr M. F. Woodward's ch Wicklow R Eolcommon Biddy, the property of Mr E Vemors, of Oamaru, is rearing a dog and two bitches by eh Wicklow Ringer. Mr Mills, of Dunedin, and late ot Napier, who was one of, the executive of the Hawke's Bay Kennel Club, and one of the leading breeders of Airedales in New Zealand, has linked up with the Otago Kennel Club. He has sold several highly-bred Airedales since taking up his residence in Dunedin. A dog puppy four months old has gone to Major J. M Fnerson and three bitch puppies to Messrs H. N Wilson, J. Bowron, and Dunstan respectively. All these puppies are by ch Mountain Magnet ex ch Merivale Sparkle. Mr Mills hue retained two dog puppies from the litter for future shows. Mr H. Parata, assistant secretary to the Otago Kennel Club, has also procured a bitch from the same litter, and intends trying his hand at breeding these great terriers. THE CARE OF THE COAT. A contributor to Our Dogs gives the following commousense hints on the care of a dog's coat:— . " Many novices are troubled about tneir dogs' coats, and there is too great a tendency to do the wrong thing, but to leave undone the really necessary times when a dog's coat is out of order or his skin has become irritated. The mistake is to begin plastering the skin or coat with all sorts of applications- instead of attending to the state of the blood, which as often as' not merely calls for a change of diet. The first thing to do is to inquire into the probable cause of the trouble. It may be merely due to some other definite skin disease. Yet, again, it may possibly be due to general weakness following an attack of distemper or some other debilitating complaint; or, simplest of all, it may merely be that the animal is passing through his annua) moult. In the last case, as also in the case of a dog recovering from weakening illness, all that is needed is good feeding and plenty of exercise, with, perhaps, a little simple tonic, such as Parrish's syrup, and Nature will do the rest. " Worms. —It seems hardly necessary to remark that as long as there is any trace of worms worrying the dog he is never likely to get into good coat. Worm medicine should, therefore, be given regularly and systematically, and even when (ill trace of worms has disappeared an occasional dose (say. once a month) should be given to prevent any recrudescence of the trouble. Whenever a dog seems to be losing his coat from no very apparent cause worms should always be suspected, and treatment should be given accordingly. Even if no worms are present, the "treatment can do no possible harm, but in all probability will do good by acting as an alterative, and in that way improving the general state of the system, and so indirectly bringing the coat up to its proper state. " Bare Patches.—When a dog has had definite skin trouble and has actually got bare patches from which the hair has disappeared entirely more prolonged and more special treatment is necessary. Jn such cases nof; only is a blood tonic necessary, but there must be some external application which will tend to encourage the growth of new hair on the patches where the skin has been destroyed and the roots of the original hair no longer remain. I have no faith at all in the stimulating lotions (usually composed of eantharidos) which are ordinarily proscribed. In my experience what is wanted is something of a nutritive nature, such ag woolfat. or even simple olive oil, the regular app'ication of which will in time restore vitality to the deadened surface and encourage the hair to grow afresh. Systematic grooming with a fairly stiff brush will do a great deal of good by keeping up an effective circulation of the blood under the surface of the skin. This means that the roots of the hair get their proper nourishment, which they do not gpt otherwise. The effect of nourishing the roots that remain in and around bare patches is to create the tendency for fresh hair to grow, so that by degrees these bare patches (Set covered up again. Next to grooming and dressing with olive oil, the important, thing is to give Parrish's syrup as a blood tonic."