Title: The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Identifier: cu31924001170848 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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A LITTER OF AIREDALES BY HUCKLEBERRY FINN, Fhuioumpli by H. II". Niclmlh. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE AIREDALE TERRIER. BY WALTER S. GLYNN. " Tlic rustic dames Shall at thv kennel wait, and in their laps Receive thv growing hopes : with many a kiss Caress, and dignify their little charge With some great title, and resounding name Of high import." —SOMERVILLE. THERE is perhaps no breed of dog that in so short a time has been improved so much as the Airedale. He is now a very beautiful animal, whereas but a few vears back, although maybe there were a few fairly nice specimens, by far the greater number were certainly the reverse of this. In place of the shaggy, soft-coated, ugly- coloured brute with large hound ears and big full eyes, we have now a very handsome creature, possessing all the points that go to make a really first-class terrier of taking colour, symmetrical build, full of character and "go," amply justifying—in looks, at any rate—its existence as a terrier. Wliether it is common sense to call a dog weighing 40 lb. to 50 lb. a terrier is a ques- tion that one often hears discussed. The fact remains the dog is a terrier—a sort of glorified edition of what we understand by the word, it is true, but in points, looks, and character, a terrier nevertheless, and it is impossible otherwise to classify him. People will ask : " How can he be a terrier ? Why, he is an outrage on the very word, which can only mean a dog to go to ground ; and to what animal in the country of his birth can an Airedale go to ground ? " Above ground and in water, however, an Airedale can, and does, per- form in a ^'ery excellent manner everything that any other terrier can do. As a water dog he is, of course, in his element ; for work on land requiring a hard, strong, fast and resolute terrier he is, needless to say, of great value ; and he is said to be also, when trained—as can easily be imagined when one considers his power of scent, his strength, sagacity, and speed—a most excellent gun- dog. He is, in fact, a general utilit)' dog, for add to the above-mentioned qualities those of probably an incomparable guard

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