THE KENNEL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16260, 29 October 1920, Page 3

THE KENNEL.

AMONGST THE GANINE6. (By GREYHOUND.) The entries for the second Now Zealand championship show, to be held at Addington on November U and 12, closed lust Saturday evening, and fanciers all. over the. Dominion are now busy preparing their candidates. This Jcars show is the biggest thing tho Canterbury Kennel Club has yet tackled, and the club has risen to the occasion very well. In addition to securing the produce shed at tho Show Ground, it has put now classes on tho schedule, has made all its prizes open to all exhibitors irrespective of whether they are club members or not, and has made special efforts to have good exhibits of classes of dogs which are not yvery well known. And tho answer of New Zealand fanciers to this effort has been an inundation of entiles. Tho South will be very well represented, many candidates coming from Ashburton, Dunedin and Invercargill, and thro should he oqulaly good exhibits from the North Island. The subcommittee in charge of arrangements at the Show Ground has matters well in hand, and fanciers can look forward to seeing as line an exhibition of dogs as has ever appeared in the Ijoiliinion. JTie annual report of the Dunedin fanciers’ Club states The committee is pleased to record that tho past year cannot but he considered a satisfactory one. Tlie entries for the club’s annual show were satisfactory, showing a decided increase on the previous year, while the attendance was very' gratifying. The club was again fortunate in securing the Brydone Hall for the show. Iho fitting up of the show was again undertaken by the members, who carried out the work in a highly creditable manner. This year the committee decided to include a cookery section and children* s competitions, and tho ( result was very encouraging, and this 'should become a valuable addition to the show.brom an exhibition point of view, tho show was a most successful one, tlio cats and children's pets again proving a great draw.- The report of the animal meeting has not yet come to hand. V Barking on the paid of dogs is koivk?times a source of discomfort to neighbours, if not to the owner; aud in cases where the is per petual or nearly so it is undoubtedly a. great nuisance. Aleans to prevent barking include muzzling by means of a strap, which, as it prevents tho dog from opening its mouth, certainly stops the actual bark; but the probability is that it will vent its feelings in something far worse than a hark, i.e., by prolonged howls. "When a dog shows any bad habits, it is a sign of want of control on tho part of tho owner. A dog can be stopped from barking when there is no special occasion “•such as tho approach of a stranger or the presence of some other strange ob-]ecte-~by being punished Eovurelv tho first tune it continues to do so after being told to stop. The dog is an inteligent animal, and scarcely wants two lessons to enable it to associate his own barking with liis disobedience and tho thrashing, Tho thrashing should, However,, be given immediately follownig th© act of disobedience, and should tee first lesson not be effective aud the dog bark unnecessarily again, bo should be punished again, and this time whilst, m the act. A .breeder who had spent many years in training dogs onco told me that, if a dog is held by the muzzle whilst being thrashed, the fact that ho cannot vent his mortification by yelpUlg seems to impress the lesson better-, and that, whatever the misdemeanour, ue invariably punished his dogs in that Dogs, however, are better taught by-kindness, and one that is regularly fed by Its owner, groomed by him, and rewarded by him when reward is deserved, are apt to be. mor© distressed fay a cross word when it is deserved and the cause of it understood, than by even a Hogging. A pat for good conduct , from the owner goes a long way .with a dog; indeed, it is appreciated better tjian wbnld be the giving of food bv & stranger. But whether by rewards" or by-punishments, there must ho obedience, and instant obedience at that. x d°g obedience ho must never be t. -dI to do a thing that he cannot do, oi ho will Jose confidence. COURSING. , ( f* i ~ TJI - Q special meeting of the Selwya Coursing Club, to decide whether it were possible to procure a Plumpton ground, has decided that this can bo done, and the club has made formal application io the New Zealand Associhave th© 1921 Australasian 1 Waterloo Cup run in Canterbury. The matter of securing enough money to finance the project does not seem to be a very difficult one. Up to the i lI 2 € -x°i tfao meetiu S £225 had been definitely guaranteed, and it was stated at tire meeting that there were dis•ncls which had not been canvassed at all, and which could be relied* upon to produce at least another £IOO. The question of obtaining a suitable ground also seemed an easy one to settle. At Kinvee there was a good ground at a rental of £ll2, and Rolleston was excellently situated lor the club’s purposes. The chief discussion was in regard to the cost of wire-netting for the ground after it had boon procured. The comymsus of opinion was that about £loo was required. Anyway the club has decided to go ahead and"procure a. ground on which it will run the big event. ■v i , makmg this decision the club has decided wisely. The chance of holding the race, it is stated, comes to New Zealand only once in sis years, and it would ho a pity to let it go, as tho event should give an impetus to the sport locally. There seems to be no doubt that the race, will bo allotted to the Sehvyn Club if it can find a ground, aud as the event will' ll© held about, the time of the Grand National race meeting it should attract a biocrowd of sports. ° *•* Air T. Reed, the popular and efficient secretary of the Sehvyn Coursing Club, is removing from Christchurch to Met liven.