THE KENNEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23857, 11 July 1939, Page 3

THE KENNEL

By Breeder

" Breeder " will be pleased if dog owners and others concerned will forward him notes of interest for his consideration with a view to their insertion in this column. Answer to Corrrespondent "Kinnoull."—The matter will be discussed later. This week I have pleasure in publishing a photograph of champion Toydom Pung-Yena (imp.) whose latest success was best opposite sex at the recent Christchurch Toy Dog Show. Pung-Yena has now attained her championship status and makes the fifth champior. to be housed at Mrs C. L. Ridgen's Montressor Kennels, Christchurch. Pung-Yena is by Toydom Pung-Tu ex Toydom Ko-Yen and is line bred ch. Toydom Mau-Zee Tu, a great English winner. Mrs is well pleased with Pung-Yena's show record as she is still well under two years of age.A dog's natural food is raw meat on the bone. When a dog is fat and scratches a lot, he is having too little exercise and too much food, often of the wrong kind. Cake and chocolate are anathema to a dog.

Often an owner fails to understand that hard food isjnost acceptable to the dog, and is best for its health. In England there has been a great increase in the entries of Clumbers at shows, and the demand is such that the best breeders cannot cope with it. In the past the Clumber owners have been mostly content tc breed for the field but, due, no doubt, to royal patronage, there is now a rush for dogs to bench, and be fashionable. Do you "know" your dog? Pardon the question, please, because the writer knows that some dog owners do hot "know" the.dog they own in "the full sense of the word. They may have kept dogs all their lives and yet do not " know dogs." They do not even bother, as fanciers, to closely study the " general outline

and " points" necessary to the standard; much less do they as " owners," study the temper and dispositions of their canine charges. Apparently they are satisfied with knowing the dog's pedigree.

CHRISTCHURCH TOY DOG SHOW The Christchurch Toy Dog Club's seventeenth annual show held in Christchurch on June 29 and 30, had a very good entry of 40 dogs. Mr E. Hall, of Lower Hutt, was the judge. Pekingese made a great' show. 24 being benched. The winner of the Challenge Stakes and Champion of Champion Stakes was Mrs W. M. Angus's ch. Yao Choo of Alderbourne (imp.). Mrs C. L. Ridgen's ch Toydom Pung Kee (imp.) was runner-up in the Champion of Champion Stakes. For best in show Mrs Angus was successful with Yao Choo. while Mrs Ridgen carried off best opposite sex with Toydom Pung-Yena (imp.). The Otago owner is worthy of special congratulations because the number and quality of the Pekingese at this show was outstanding. Mrs A. J. Smith's Snow Prince won best miniature Pomeranian and Mrs M. Thorpy's Sunbreak Gold Star was best overweight Pomeranian. In Sydney Silkies Mrs C. Chapman's Newtown Diamond (Aust.) was the best exhibit.

SOUTHLAND KENNEL CLUB SHOW. The most important fixture of the year for Southland owners takes place on Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15, at the Drill Hall, when the Southland Kennel Club stages its annual challenge show. The club has prepared a comprehensive schedule with eight classes each for dogs and bitches of all recognised breeds together with brace and team events and a number of variety classes. The judge is Mr E. Hall, of Lower Hutt. who will take all breeds.

Sporting dogs should provide.excellent entries as usual. The Southland Gun Dog Club is conducting a field trial on the Sunday after the show, when the entries for the Working Gun Dog Stakes will compete for the aggregate honour. This event always attracts much attention as a poor show specimen may easily make upjost points by giving a good performance in the field and vice versa. BAN ON ALSATIANS Murweh and Millmerran (Queensland) have joined the shires that prohibit Alsatians, and Drayton Shire has established an annual registration system, with a fee of £ 5 on every dog of the breed aged more than six months. The councils' by-laws, which have received the Government approval, apply also to crosses of the breed. Murweh has fixed a maximum penalty of £SO for keeping them. Millmerran makes the penalty £2O, with an extra £2 for every day the offence is continued. Harbouring the breed in Millmerran Shire also is an offence, and occupiers of premises may be deemed to be keepers. All officers of the council may seize and destroy the dogs. WORMS IN PUPPIES It has been truly said that worms are the greatest trouble of the beginner in puppy rearing, and that they are probablv responsible for a larger number of deaths among young puppies than anything else. It is also equally true to say, as has been alleged by many experienced breeders, that more puppies are killed by worm medicines than by worms. This is true in two waysdeath may be caused by actual poisoning or it may result at a later stage from weakness set up by repeated and unnecessary disturbance of the digestion through these constant physickings Of course, these pests must not be allowed to worry the puppv and destroy its health and progress. On the whole, experience shows that it is best to keep up a systematic effort to prevent them from increasing, and this can be done by gentle methods. One of the simplest is to give mild doses of medicinal paraffin if worms put in their appearance or if they are suspected. This not only acts as a eentle laxative but it has a soothing effect, and thus counteracts the irritation and inflammation of the lining of the internal organs which worms especially create. If a dose be given, say, once a week it will soon show whether any worms are present, and then if it is repeated a few times it may cause the whole lot to be cleared out, and so save the need for any of the more drastic treatment which usually has to be adopted to rid dogs of these unwelcome guests. If. however, that is not sufficient, and the puppies become "potbellied " and cry out in pain as though their stomachs were afflicted by something, a little garlic treatment or, in special cases, the use of salol should be tried.