The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs (1891) (17930123978)

Title: The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs
Identifier: americanbookofdo00shie (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Shields, G. O. (George O. ), 1846-1925, ed
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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THE MEXICAN HAIRLESS DOG. 649 Whether hairless dogs are crested or plain hairless, of uniform mouse-color, or plum-pudding color, as our Eng- lish writer picturesquely styles them, or whether they have slate or pink points, as I once saw described, it seems reasonable to suppose them all of the same breed and of the same origin, inasmuch as the smooth and the rough
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MEXICAN HAIRLESS DOG—ME TOO.* Owned by Eiroy Foote, 120 Lexington avenue, New York City. coated Fox Terrier are of the same breed. Which is the truer tjq^e I am not prepared to say, but I will unhesitat- ingly state my preference for the dark, smooth, and strictly hairless dog as against the mottled and unfinished effect of the so-called crested dog. * Winnings: First and special, New Haven, 1884; first, New York, 1884; first, Philadelphia, 1884; first and special, New Haven, 1885; first, Boston, 1885; first. New York, 1885; first, Philadelphia, 1885.