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 (1907) (20117164083)

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
Identifier: cu31924001170848 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CH. PAYMASTER (son), ERASMIC (mother), PORCELAIN (daughter). PROPERTY OF MISS LILIAN A. PAULL. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE IRISH TERRIER. BY ROBERT LEIGHTON. " Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see, Yet wherever thou art will seem Erin to me ; In exile thv bosom shall still be my home. And thine eyes make my climate wherever we roam." Moore's Irish Melodies. THE dare-devil Irish Terrier has most certainly made his home in our bosom. There is no breed of dog more genuinely loved by those who have sufficient experience and knowledge to make the comparison. Other dogs have a larger share of innate wisdom, others are more aesthetically beautiful, others more peaceable; but our rufous friend has a way of winning into his owner's heart and making there an abiding place which is all the more secure because it is gained by sincere and undemonstrative devotion. Per- haps one likes him equally for his faults as for his merits. His very failings are due to his soldierly faithfulness and loyalty, to his too ardent vigilance in guarding the threshold, to his officious belligerence to- wards other canines who offend his sense of proprietorship in his master. His par- ticular stature may ha\'e some influence in his success as a chum. He is just tall enough to rest his chin upon one's knee and look up with all his soul into one's eyes. Whatever be the secret of his attraction— whether it is merely a subtle Irish blarney that conquers, or a spontaneous worship of the being who is to him instead of a god—'tis certain that he has the Hibernian art of compelling affection and forgiveness, and that he makes one value him, not for the beauty of his ruddy raiment, the straight- ness of his forelegs, the set of his eye and ear, the levelness of his back, or his ability

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