THE KENNEL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16679, 10 March 1922, Page 3

THE KENNEL.

(By “GREYHOUND.”)

AMONCST THE CANINES

The Canterbury Kennel Club’s annual meeting will be hold on March 10, in t.he Poultry Club’s rooms. Large nominations have been received lor the various offices. A committee of ten is required, and fifteen nominations have been receivedMr G. Millan, of St Albans, has three nice puppies from his Pomeranian bitch Victorian Gold Spec, by the wellbred dog Ribblesdale Tip. The. Wire Fox Terrier fancier, Mr W. .lack, of Waltham, hns a litter of puppies from Wnolston Sandbank, Trixie, a daughter of Jervois Jewel. Mr Arthur Morten, president of the Canterbury Kennel Club, has invited the members to hold a parade at his residence, Stonycroft, Mount Pleasant, on March 18. Mr Bilt-cliff will act as judge, and there will be novice and open classes for each breed, classes for the best sporting and non-sporting puppies, and brace classes. Entries close on Wednesday, at the annual meeting Mr G- Sandy (Ashburton) has sent his Irish Terrier bitch, Gipsy Grogan, to Dunedin, to be mated to Mr W. Henderson's Farndon Bandit. Fanciers will he. pleased to know that Mr T. W. Richmond has completely recovered from his recent illness and is now back at business. Ahnriri Selection, owned by Air J. Doe. of Invercargill. w lias a splendid litter of eight puppies, by Roserea Rebel—six dogs and two bitches. This bitch is bred from the bluest blood and should go well. * * Mr E Hay (AVaiuku) ha* a litter of four pups from his black Cocker Spaniel hi teh, K araka Satin, b v Eden va Ie Billy.

Rev -T. T. Paddisoti, of Mount ■Somers, has purchased a very promising Wire Fox Terrier puppy by (’h. Glenmore Bristler, from Berkeley AVinkie.

Among; the savage dogs of ancient times were tire Hjeranian, said, on account- of their extreme ferocity, to hove been crossed with the tiger—the Locrian, chiefly employed in hoar hunting: the Pannonian, used iji war as well as in the chase, and by whom the first charge on the enemy was always r.iado : and the Molossiaus of Epirus, likewise trained to war. as well as to the. honours of the anjphitheatre and the dangers of the chase. People, often inquire of me how much food should be given to a particular dog. writes “ Medicus ” in an exchange. Now it is quite impossible 10 state what quantity of food, ought, to b© allowed to any particular dog. One animal will cat a good deal, whilst an other of the same sort and size will consume much less. No two dogs, arc alike in this respect, but it by no means follows that one which eats the most w ill enjoy the best- health. Really, there is no golden rule. Of course, homekept dogs, especially of the Toy breeds, ; are given all sorts' of dainties, and it! surely needs very little emphasis to convince an intelligent reader that sweet cakes and spiced gravies’, not to mention butter and fats of various j kinds, are likely to generate ail sorts of unwelcome disorders. which no • amount of doctoring will put right. The fact is, that these delicate little animals, which ladies especially prize so highly, would enjoy life much more, and would he a source of much greater pleasure and less discomfort and trouble tu their fair owners, if they could he fed on the more natural and more regular principles which T have been recommending in regard to other dogs. More especially can this be seen when one looks a,t the amount of trouble so many pet dogs have w itli their teeth. This trouble is entirely the result of indigestion brought aboutby irregular methods of feeding. How few ladies now are in the habit of ac customing pet dogs- from puppyhood onwards, to spend an hour or two even day keeping their teeth clean and well enamelled by gnawing a substantial bone. No, it is most difficult to persuade ladies that Nature never intended any member of the canine race to live upon the artificial dishes and sweet titbits which characterise th© epicurean tastes of the average middle-class or pi ©sent day. Simpler diet, fewer mean , more regular times for feeding* less < i ! the biscuit- type of food and more of the flesh type, these, arc the main ne cessities, in my judgment, of the pet dog of to-day.