American homes and gardens (1913) (14761311596)

Identifier: americanhomesga101913newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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January, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 27
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The French Poodleelusion. If some friend has not been kind enoughto make you a present of a dog, go to any of theprominent fanciers of the breed you select, tell himyour requirements and the price you are willing topay for your future pet. You will, nine times outof ten, get the best of treatment and full value foryour money, for although most breeders areanxious to sell, they are true enough fanciers at hearttheir best to see that the dog over whom they haveyears in cultivation gets into the handsof a person who will treat him withcare and the consideration that he de-serves. It is advisable always to startout with a young dog, a puppy, or onelittle more than able to leave the litter.By this method of beginning the dogis yours, you weld him into your waysand you become attached to his. Thelittle extra trouble that you have thenwill well repay you in the end. Lateras you understand dogs more thor-oughly you can buy older dogs, butstart with a pup. If he is of goodbreed and pedigree yo