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 (1911) (14577184047)

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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
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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to thirty years agothere was considerable discussion amongowners of Newfoundlands in this countryas to the proper colour of the true breed,and there were many persons who claimed,as some still claim, that the black varietyis the only true variety, and that the whiteand black colouring indicates a cross-breed.Again Landseers picture is of value,because, in the first place, we may be almost THE NEWFOUNDLAND. 77 certain that he would have selected for sucha picture a typical dog of the breed, and,secondly, because the picture shows, nearlyhalf a century prior to the discussion, a whiteand black dog, typical in nearly everyrespect, except colour, of the black New-foundland. There is no appearance of cross- two established varieties, the black and thewhite and black. There are also bronze-coloured dogs, but they are rare and are notfavoured. It is stated, however, that pup-pies of that colour are generally the mostpromising in all other respects. Newfoundlands figure very prominently ITS V
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MRS. W. A. LINDSAYS CH MILK BOY BY STEERSMAN LADYS MAID. Photograph by Aberncthy, Belfast. breeding in Landseers dog ; on the con-trary, he reveals all the characteristics ofa thoroughbred. Nearly seventy years ago,therefore, the white and black variety maybe fairlv considered to have been established,and it is worthy of mention here that Idstone quoted an article written in 1819stating that back in the eighteenth centuryNewfoundlands were large, rough-coated,liver and white dogs. It is clear, also, thatin 1832 Newfoundlands in British NorthAmerica were of various colours. Addi-tional evidence, too, is provided, in the factthat when selecting the type of head fortheir postage stamp the Government ofNewfoundland chose the Landseer dog.Therefore, there are very strong argu-ments against the claim that the truevariety is essentially black. However that may be, there are now in the numerous accounts of canine instinct,devotion and sagacity, and whether or notthose accounts are always quit