Toy Dogs - Their Points and Management in Health and Disease

By Frank Townend Barton

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to toy dogs-small dogs often bred and kept for their cute and toy-like appearance. From the Italian Greyhound to the Pekinese Spaniel, this book coveres a vast range of toy dogs and provides information on their general management, common ailments and their remedies, diet, and much more. Highly recommended for modern toy dog breeders and owners. Contents include: "The Italian Greyhound", "History", "Uses", "Colour", "Weight", "Head", "Ears", "Neck", "Shoulders", "Fore Legs", "Back and Loins", "Hind Quarters", "Tail", "Coat", "Faults", "General Appearances", "Prices", "Toy Bull Dog", "History", "Uses", "Colour", "Weight", "Head", "Ears", "Neck", "Shoulders", "Fore Legs", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vintage Dog Books
• Release date: Sep 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781473341449

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TOY DOGS

THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT IN

HEALTH AND DISEASE

BY

FRANK TOWNEND BARTON

M.R.C.V.S.

AUTHOR OF

Our Friend the Horse, The Veterinary Manual for Horse Owners,

How to Choose a Horse, Breaking and Training Horses,

The Groom’s Guide, Sound and Unsound Horses,

"Every Day Ailments and Accidents to

the Dog," etc.

Illustrated from Photographs

DOG BREEDING

For every longing dame select some happy paramour;

To him alone in leagues connubial join.

Consider well his lineage; what his fathers did of old,

Chiefs of the pack, and first to climb the rock,

Or plunge into the deep, or tread the brake

With thorn sharp-pointed, plashed, and briars inwoven.

Observe with care his shape, sort, colour, size.

Nor will sagacious huntsmen less regard his inward habits.

William Somerville – The Chase (1735).

As with humans, a dog is not always the product of its immediate parents but also that of the lineage of generations of earlier ancestors. Pedigree is of great importance to any serious breeder of dogs, whether they be for exhibition or work. Just because the sire and dam of a litter of puppies are both champions in their chosen field – it does not mean that every puppy in that litter will achieve the same. It is not possible to totally eliminate the chances of any of them being a throw back to a faulty type in their lineage. Heredity will always play a large part in breeding.

Dog breeding is the practice of mating selected dogs with the intent to maintain or produce specific qualities and characteristics. When dogs reproduce without such human intervention, their offsprings' characteristics are determined by natural selection, while 'dog breeding' refers specifically to the artificial selection of dogs, in which dogs are intentionally bred by their owners. Humans have maintained populations of useful animals around their places of habitat since pre-historic times. They have intentionally fed dogs considered useful, while neglecting or killing others, thereby establishing a relationship between humans and certain types of dog over thousands of years. Over these millennia, domesticated dogs have developed into distinct types, or groups, such as livestock guardian dogs, hunting dogs, and sighthounds. Through this process, hundreds of dog breeds have been developed.

It should be the aim of every breeder to encourage quality and consistency in their kennel. A breeder should always have in mind their ideal type of dog and this image should be constantly referred to in every aspect of the breeders work. This reference point, used with much patience and some skill will eventually ensure success within the kennel. The pedigrees of stud dogs and brood matrons should be studied with great care to avoid as much as possible any divergence from the chosen route. The aims of some breeders, especially those who breed for show, will vary somewhat depending on the standard chosen by the governing bodies of a particular breed. Most breed clubs and societies will have a set format for the various elements required in their breed such as weight, height, colour, coat etc. They may even have rules applying to the dogs health, such as joint x-rays, hip certifications, and eye examinations; or specifications in working qualities, such as passing a special test or achieving at a trial.

Both inbreeding and outbreeding must be taken into account by today’s breeder – although it must be noted that over-use of inbreeding can lead to health problems for the dogs. Problems such as breathing in the Pug breed and Pekingese breed, spinal problems in the Dachshund breed, and Syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed, are all examples of the over-use of inbreeding. Providing that a breeders stock is wisely chosen, being sound in mind and constitution, inbreeding (sensibly used) should perpetuate and accentuate any qualities which are apparent in the sire and dam. Occasionally it will happen that new blood is required in a strain which appears to be deviating from the norm for its breed. In this case, outcrosses are made with another strain or sometimes, variety, of the same breed in order to influence the path of any offspring back towards the ideal.

Success in dog breeding is hard won, but once achieved a good quality kennel will have behind it the personality of the breeder, with his vision of the ideal dog finally achieved through persistence, knowledge, experience, and above all, patience. We hope the reader enjoys this book.

JAPANESE SPANIEL.

TO MY SISTER

GERTRUDE LEILA BARTON

WHOSE LOVE FOR, ADMIRATION OF, AND KINDNESS

TO DOGS

IS EXCEEDED BY NONE

TOY DOGS

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND

History—Uses—Colour—Weight—Head—Ears—Neck—Shoulders—Fore Legs—Back and Loins—Hind Quarters—Tail—Coat—Faults—General Appearances—Prices

CHAPTER II.

TOY BULL DOG

History—Uses—Colour—Weight—Head—Ears—Neck—Shoulders—Fore Legs—Back and Loins—Hind Quarters—Tail—Coat—Faults—General Appearances—Prices

CHAPTER III.

SCHIPPERKE

History—Uses—Temperament—Colour—Weight—Head—Neck—Chest—Back and Loins—Legs and Feet—Nails—Hind Quarters—Coat—Faults—Disqualifying—General Appearances of the Schipperke—Prices—Club

CHAPTER IV.

BLACK AND TAN TOY TERRIERS

History—Colour—Weight—Head—The Fore Legs—Hind Legs—Coat—Temperament

CHAPTER V.

POMERANIAN

History—Colour—Temperament—Uses—Weight—Ears and Eyes—Neck and Shoulders—Back and Loins—Fore Legs—Hind Quarters and Tail—Coat—General Appearances—Prices

CHAPTER VI.

THE PUG

History—Colour—Weight—Temperament—Head—Eyes—Chest, Neck and Shoulders—Body—Legs and Feet—The Fore Legs—Hind Quarters—Tail—Coat and Markings—General Appearances—Faults—Uses—Clubs

CHAPTER VII.

THE BLACK PUG

History—Colour—Weight—Coat—Head, Ears and Eyes—Neck—Back and Loins—Fore Limbs—Hind Quarters—General Appearances

CHAPTER VIII.

CHOW-CHOW

History—Colour—Temperament—Uses—Weight—Tongue—Head—Eyes and Ears—Fore Limbs—Hind Limbs—Feet—General Appearances and Coat—Faults—Club

CHAPTER IX.

MALTESE

History—Colour—Temperament—Weight—Coat—Nose—Face—Faults

CHAPTER X.

GRIFFON-BRUXELLOIS

History—Colour—Temperament—Uses—Weight—Head and Face—Fore Limbs—Coat—Club

CHAPTER XI.

YORKSHIRE TERRIER

History—Colour—Weight—Temperament—The Head—Body—Fore Limbs—Coat—General Appearance—Club

CHAPTER XII.

THE JAPANESE SPANIEL

History—Colour—Weight—Temperament—Use—General Appearances—Head and Neck—Chest—Back—Legs and Feet—Coat—Tail—Club

CHAPTER XIII.

THE PEKINESE SPANIEL

History—Colour—Weight—Head and Ears—Body—Legs and Feet—Tail—Coat—Club

CHAPTER XIV.

THE BLENHEIM SPANIEL

History

CHAPTER XV.

KING CHARLES SPANIEL

TOY POODLE

History—Colour—Weight—Head—Stop—Eyes—Nose—Ears—Jaws—Neck and Shoulders—Back and Chest—Fore Limbs—Coat—General appearances—Uses—Club

CLYDESDALE TERRIER

History—General Appearances—Head and Ears.

CHAPTER XVI.

RULES OF THE KENNEL CLUB

Recognised Shows—Registration of Dogs—Prefixes and Affixes, Numerals and Letters not to be used—Cancelling of Names—Entry of Dogs for Exhibition—Definition of Breeder—Entry of Names in K.C.S.B.—Forfeit of Prizes—Exhibits only to be Allowed in Shows—Definition of the term Foreign Dog—Refusal of Entries—Disqualification of Exhibits—Veterinary Inspectors to be Appointed—Veterinary Inspectors to Report on Exhibits Objected to—Suspension for Discreditable Conduct, etc.—Estimating Number of Prizes Won—Exhibition of Puppies—Committees may make any Classification they think Desirable—Classes may be Divided—Closing of Entries—Championship Shows—Classification at Championship Shows—Objections to Dogs—Infringement of Rules. Regarding Registration, Identification, and re Commission, etc., on Sale of Dogs—Payment of Prize Money—Order of Merit when Dogs are Disqualified—Withdrawal of Dogs from Competition—Judges may not Exhibit—Cropping—Assumed Names—Definition of the Word Committee—Committee of Kennel Club, the Final Court of Appeal—Decisions of the Committee

CHAPTER XVII.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Housing—Feeding Toy Dogs—Exercise—Clothing—Washing Toy Dogs—Brushing and Combing

CHAPTER XVIII.

RUDIMENTS OF CANINE SURGERY

Wounds—Rickets—Burns and Scalds—Fractures—Overgrown Claws—Choking, etc.—Dislocations—Ruptures or Hernias

CHAPTER XIX.

CUTANEOUS DISEASES

Cutaneous Diseases—Eczema—Mange—Ringworm

CHAPTER XX.

DISEASES OF THE EYELIDS AND EYES

Ophthalmia—Inversion of the Eyelid (Entropion)—Eversion of the Eyelid (Ectropion)—Burns and Scalds of Eye—Foreign Bodies—Cataract—Wounds of the Eye—Displacement of the Eye—Morbid Growths

CHAPTER XXI.

ELEMENTS OF CANINE MEDICINE

Diseases of the Air Passages, Lungs,