The dog in health and disease : Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten / by Stonehenge.

  • Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The dog in health and disease : Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten / by Stonehenge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    one who has possessed a hull-terrier admits his companionable qualities and his excellent hunting powers, so it must be admitted that the fox-terrier intended as a companion is none the worse for a cross of the bull. From the strict M.F.H. point of view the following are the points of the fox-terrier:—• VALUE VALUE Head, jaws, and ears, . i5. Feet, .... 10 Neck, ..... 5 Stern, .... 5 Shoulders and chest, . 15 Coat, .... • 5 Back and loin, 15 Colour, • 5 Fore and hind quarters, 5 Symmetry and size, 10 Legs, io Total, . 100 The head should be flat and narrow rather than wide, but not so narrow as to indicate weakness. It should taper from the ears to the nose, with a slight hollow in front of the brows, but no very marked stop. The jaws should be rather long and taper- in, the bone strong and the muscle closing them prominent at the cheek, but not swelling out as in the bulldog, a cross of which breed is to be deprecated. The cheek-bones should be clearly cut with a very slight hollow. Teeth level and stiong. An underhung mouth indicates the bull cross, and is to be penal- ised. End of the nose black; a cherry nose is very objectionable, and a white or spotted one almost worse. The eyes should be small and by no means prominent. Edges of the eyelids dark. Ears small and Y-shaped, set close to the cheeks with the points looking forward and downward, not hanging hound-like. Pricked, tulip, or rose ears, as being indications ol the bull-cross, should never be allowed. The neck should be light yet muscular, with a pretty sweep in its upper lines. No throatiness is to be allowed.