THE KENNEL

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 10

THE KENNEL

(BY

“THE TYKE.”)

Mrs ('athcrwood, who is leaving < 'hristcburch, offers for sale a promising black Cocker dog puppy of first class breeding. Mr Coo. Bundy's Irish Terrier bitch, Airlie Research (imp.) is rearing a nice ! litter of five dogs and a bitch by her kennel mate eh Red Idol. Airlie Research is by eh Celtic Playboy ex Celtic Dolores and was bred in England. The same owner’s young bitch Just Jt is expecting a litter by eh Red Idol. Just It is a daughter of Airlie Research by the Sydney dog Galtce More. A number <»l " Dent's" which exhibitors who wish to succeed with their dogs would do well to observe: Don't ii' late at a show, which may involve the necessity of taking your dog right out of his box into the ring, in which it is ten to one he immediately begins to empty himself, or shows himself indifferently owing to his desire to do so. Don t speak to the judge before judging. or don’t ask him about the dogs he has for sale (should he happen to be a dealer) or fees for his stud dogs. '1 he experienced judge easily sees through this manoeuvre, and a conscientious judge will resent it. Don’t be late with your dog in the ring, or forget your number when the judge asks for it. While you have only one number and probably only one. dog to think about, the judge may have scores or maybe hundreds of both to remember. Don’t, engage yourself in conversation at the ringside or with a rival exhibitor in the ring whilst the dogs are being judged, nor express any opinion as to the judging in the ring audibly. Don’t stand still in a ring holding your dog with an air of nonchalance, and making no attempt to show him to the best advantage, which conduct is calculated to give the judge the impression that you consider your dog good cnought to win without doing any- ! thing, and that all that is necessary for the judge to do is to give the dog the first prize. Don’t complain at the award or awards made by a judge -to your dog or dogs. If you think they are wrong or insufficient in value", you have your remedy in not exhibiting under that same judge again. Don’t, above all. publicly insult a judge, or in conversation at shows or in the railwav carriage cast an aspersion upon his competence, character, or bona Tides, which is, of course, a very dangerous j thing to do, and may be costly in face i of libel laws. At the Dunedin Fanciers’ Show last ) week the following dogs secured their i third challenge, certificate, which entitles them to the coveted prefix champion:--- Mrs M. H. MaeGibbon’.s Chihuahuas, Ula Nuts and Ula Pcdrina, Messrs G. and 1". E. BiHclifTs Scottish Terrier bitch Xydfa Nada. Mr 11. C. Octtli’s coloured Cocker Spaniel dog Heirloom, and Mr J. Doe’s Pomeranian dog Ruby mere Sable Spec. A very difficult thing in breeding Fox terriers, and an added difficult v iii choosing a mate for bitches,''.lies in the fact that very few small dogs arc good sires. Mrs M. IT. Mac-Gibbon has sold a verv I tiny Chihuahua puppy to Mrs Gardiner. ‘ of Dunedin. *** 1 The incident of bitches coming in j ;eason often affects temporarily the coi- j nir of their noses, winch develop a ‘

lighter hue, but, as a rule, regain their original colour when the bitch becomes Mr Geo. Osborne's well-known Airedale bitch, Woolston Scotia, has a. i litter of fourteen by Mr I). M’lvcnzie'- ( Ii Peter Borough. Four very proniising puppies of each sex arc be- i nig reared. lu breeding puppies it is necessary i <«> bear in mind that it. is quality ra- ! tber than quantity that is desired', and i a litter ol lour to six will generally i answer better than eight to ten, for ; Iho. mother will nourish the smaller ! number much better thnn n lot. ami tins is pneeiallv true iu the ca.e o’ litters that come to hand at all late iu tlic season. 1 bore are a number of disappointed exhibitors at every show that is hold. In many cases there* is no valid reason lor their disappointment bevond the fact that nearly every owner has a better opinion of'his dogs than tii judges have. Mr .1). M Kcnzie has mated hie young Airedale Terrier hitch by H, i Peter Borough ox Ailsa’s Lass to Mr It. J. Sinclair's Carlton Spry. Quality need not enter into the con- j siderations in choosing a foster mo- j thcr tor puppies, for a mongrel will do 1 os well as a purebred, and perhaps bet- I ter. Nor is the question of size .i ! very important one. nothwitbstanding j that some breeders insist the two mo- ! t-hers should be of about the same s : zo : j and while it is better, of course, that j they bo nearly so, or the foster the j larger, a difference in the other direc- I rion need not weigh heavily unices very j great. Tears of watery discharge from ti: ' j eyes are natural to some breeds if j dogs, and in that case should not >c j interfered with further thou to bathe I with an infusion of green tea or .oi j astringent lotion for weak eves : but j the weakness may arise from slight in- ; fiammation. in which case give light j diet, a purge if the dog is gross and fat, and use the following lotion for j the eyes : l*2gr of sulphate of zinc. ! >oz of laudanum, Goz of water: bathe ■ | Instinct and education combine to fi. a. dog for service. The pointer will j ! act without any degree of instruction. I and the setter will crouch, and most certainly the sheep dog, especially if he has the example of an older and expert, one, will, almost wit unit the teaching of the master, become cvcrv- j thing that can he wished, obedient to j every order, even to the slightest motion of the hand. There is a. natural predisposition for the office he has to discharge, which it requires little trouble or skill to develop and perfect.