Animals-Domestic

A Manual of Toy Dogs: How to breed, rear, and feed them

Perhaps the question which is most frequently asked anent toy dogs is whether the keeping them as a pleasure and hobby can be combined with profit by means of breeding them and selling the puppies. To such a query it is very hard to give a definite reply, for this reason--whet...

Chapters

8. CHAPTER VIII

=Anaemia=--a condition of general depression in health, with impoverishment of the blood--is of all serious diseases the most common among dogs. It is this condition that causes...

9. CHAPTER IX

=Pomeranians.=--These are now divided into Pomeranians (over 7 lbs.) and Pomeranians Miniature, and the Committee of the Kennel Club have laid down the following standard, apply...

7. CHAPTER VII

The choice of a breed to take up is generally dictated by personal preference, and fashion has a large spoke in the wheel. Just at present, the fashionable breeds among toys are...

6. CHAPTER VI

Although the profits to be obtained from exhibiting are of a secondary nature, and relative simply to the influence exercised on sales and the way in which showing them brings d...

4. CHAPTER IV

An indispensable adjunct in the rearing of valuable toy puppies, which, as a general rule, do far better in the house than in any stable or out-of-door premises, is one of Sprat...

2. CHAPTER II

Very small bitches, and especially those belonging to certain breeds which are known to be "shy," are not only often reluctant to breed at all, but are not infrequently very ind...

3. CHAPTER III

Too much interference is generally alternated in the case of dogs with a disregard of their natural feelings where the arrival of puppies is concerned. It is quite natural that...

1. CHAPTER 1

Perhaps the question which is most frequently asked anent toy dogs is whether the keeping them as a pleasure and hobby can be combined with profit by means of breeding them and...

5. CHAPTER V

In feeding toys, variety is essential, and it is also desirable to give them food which will nourish and support the constitution without fattening them unduly, or heating the b...