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liver and mouse means used
to deceive the colors. Docked tail and judge. any artificial means used
to deceive the judge.
[Illustration: J. P. Barnard
The Father of the Boston Terrier]
[Illustration: Champion Sonnie Punch]
[Illustration: Rockydale Junior]
AN EARLY STANDARD
The following standard adopted when the dog was known as the
Round-Headed Bull and Terrier Dog, will be of interest here.
Skull--Large, broad and flat.

Stop--Well defined.
Ears--Preferably cut, if left on should be small and thin, situated as near
corners of skull as possible; rose ears preferable.
Eyes--Wide apart, large, round, dark and soft and not "goggle" eyed.
Muzzle--Short, round and deep, without wrinkles, nose should be black
and wide.
Mouth--Preferably even, teeth should be covered when mouth is closed.
Neck--Thick, clean and strong.
Body--Deep at chest and well ribbed up, making a short backed, cobby
built dog; loins and buttocks strong.
Legs--Straight and well muscled.
Feet--Strong, small and moderately round.
Tail--Short and fine, straight or screw, carried low.
Color--Any color, except black, mouse or liver; brindle and white,
brindle or whole white are the colors most preferred.
Coat--Short, fine, bright and hard.
Symmetry--Of a high order.
Disqualifications--Hair lip, docked tail and any artificial means used to
deceive the judge.
Weight--It was voted to divide the different weights into three classes,
as follows: 15 pounds and under, 25 pounds and under, 36 pounds and
under.
Scale of points:

Skull 15 Muzzle 15 Nose 5 Eyes 5 Ears 5 Neck 5 Body 10 Legs and
Feet 10 Tail 10 Color and Coat 10 Symmetry 10 --- Total 100
CHAPTER III.
KENNELING
It goes without saying that any place is not good enough for a dog,
although when one considers the way some dogs are housed in small,
dark outbuildings, or damp, ill-lighted and poorly ventilated cellars, or
even perhaps worse, in old barrels or discarded drygoods boxes in some
out-of-the-way corner, it is not surprising the quality of the puppies
raised in them.
A great many people who only keep one or two dogs keep them in the
kitchen or living room, and here, of course, conditions are all right, but
the fancier who keeps any considerable number will find that it pays to
house his dogs in a comfortable, roomy, dry building, free from
draughts, on high lands (with a gravel foundation, if possible), that can
be flooded with sunshine and fresh air. Such a kennel can be simple or
elaborate in construction, severely plain or ornamental in its
architecture, but it must possess the above characteristics in order to
have its occupants kept in the pink of condition. Where half a dozen
dogs are kept, I think a kennel about 20 feet long, nine feet wide, with a
pitched roof, nine feet high in the front, and at the back seven feet, with
a southern exposure, with good windows that open top and bottom, and
a good tight board floor will do admirably. This can, of course, be
partitioned off in pens to suit, with convenient runs outside wired at the
top to prevent dogs jumping over. The building should, of course, be
well constructed, covered with good sheathing paper, and either
clapboarded or shingled. Such a building should be cool in summer and
warm in winter, and thoroughly weather proof. If provided with a good
"Eureka ventilator" and well painted, the dogs and their owner will be
satisfied. Where a much larger number of dogs are kept, then a
corresponding amount of floor space is a necessity. I rather like the
style of a kennel, say from fifty to a hundred feet long, twelve to fifteen
feet wide, with an open compartment or shed, about twelve feet long

(in which the dogs can take a sun bath or get the air if the weather is not
favorable to go outside. This also makes an ideal feeding pen), in the
middle of the house, without outside runs to each pen, and each run
opening into a large exercising yard, so that all the dogs may have a
good frolic together, of course, under the watchful eye of the kennel
man.
The large breeders will also require a separate building at some
distance from the main kennels for use as a hospital, a small kennel for
his bitches in season, and some small, portable kennels which can be
placed under adequate shade trees for his litters of puppies during the
hot weather. It would be an excellent plan if good shade trees could be
planted to cover all the runs, but if this is not possible, then it is
advisable to have at the rear of the kennels a clear space covered over
with a roof, say ten or twelve feet wide, for the dogs to have free access
to during the heat of the day.
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