The encyclopaedia of the kennel - a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels (1913) (14765712534)

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Title: The encyclopaedia of the kennel : a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Shaw, Vero Kemball
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London : George Routledge of Sons
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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h safety-pins. (See Fractu7xs,) Bronchitis.—Many dogs which are confined in dampand draughty kennels lose their lives through an attack ofbronchitis, the existence of which can be detected by awheezy rattling in the throat and laboured breathing,accompanied by efforts to cough up phlegm. In suchcases the patient should be removed to a warm—not hot—and airy shed or room, and if possible a kettle should bekept as long as possible on the boil in it, so that the atmos-phere will be rendered moist, as in cases in which humanbeings are the subject of attack. This disease is fully dealtwith by Mr. Sewell in The Dogs Medical Dictionary.(See Hospital.) Bronzed when tan-coloured hairs appear amongst theblack ones, as, for instance, they sometimes do behind theears of a black-and-tan terrier, the dog is said to bebronzed. Brood Bitch.—The selection of a brood bitch in caseswhere a person desires to make money out of her puppiesis not so easy a task as the inexperienced may imagine. In 32
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BROOD BITCH the first place, her robustness of constitution, freedom fromhereditary disease, present state of health and age, are allmatters which have to be seriously considered, and whenthese are all satisfactory, her owner will have to exercisecare in providing her with a mate whose blood will nickwith heVs. This is not always an easy matter, as it is wellknown to breeders that some families never cross well witheach other, and it is far more important that the blood ofthe dog should suit the bitch, than that he should possesscertain good points which she does not. Of course,assuming that the breeding of the dog is satisfactory, it ishighly desirable that his perfections should be regardedfrom thepoint of view of their being likely to correct thefaults she may possess ; but it should always be rememberedthat an animal may not be a true representative of thefamily he belongs to, and if so, it is quite probable thatcertain characteristics of his strain, which he does not dis-play him