Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers (1922) (14753200706)

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Title: Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Hochwalt, Albert Frederick. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Cincinnati, O., Sportman's digest
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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r-acteristics of that family, for he goesto ground for his quarry, and in everyother way shows his terrier charac-teristics. On the other hand, he isalso a fairly good trailer and, like thebeagle, will hunt rabbits. As a housecompanion he is intelligent^ andcleanly; his short, satiny coat fittinghim eminently for a ladies dog. Thebreed comes in a variety of colors:black and tan, all tan, all red, yellow-ish red and spotted in various shades.The Beagle, while not to be con-sidered a house dog, is small and maybe kept very nicely in a small place,provided he is allowed to run and ex-ercise in the open every day and isgiven the opportunity to hunt hisfavorite game—rabbits—frequently.As a keen-nosed dog for his ownsphere he has no equal, and havingbeen bred for years with this sole pur-pose in view, his intelligence is con-centrated along these lines and nottoward making him an allround homecompanion, but given the opportunityand the human companionship, his 60 Dogs as Home Companions
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THE BEAGLE HOLXD CH. IMPORTED CRUISER. intelligence may be improved to awonderful degree. The beagle is inevery sense of the word a miniaturefoxhound, ranging in height from nineto fifteen inches which is the maxi-mum; dogs over this height are dis-qualified at bench shows and beagletrials. The classification in vogue atthe present time is dogs thirteeninches and under, and dogs over thir-teen and not over fifteen inches. Medium-Sized Dogs 61 The Whippet, which is a miniatureEnglish greyhound, is a neat, cleanlydog, not perhaps a desirable com-panion when all essentials of an in-telligent dog are taken into considera-tion, but he is a trim animal, verydistinguished in appearance, andshort of coat, hence he is worth con-sidering on this account, if for noother. At the present time the whip-pet is coming into greater popularity,mainly because of the fact that benchshow clubs are giving him ampleclassification and further, because asa racing dog he has gained quite avogue in some parts o