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    The Modern Wire Haired Fox Terrier - Its History, Points & Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic): Vintage Dog Books
    The Modern Wire Haired Fox Terrier - Its History, Points & Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic): Vintage Dog Books
    The Modern Wire Haired Fox Terrier - Its History, Points & Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic): Vintage Dog Books
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    The Modern Wire Haired Fox Terrier - Its History, Points & Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic): Vintage Dog Books

    By Leonard E. Naylor

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    Originally published in 1933, this extremely rare early work on the Wire Haired Fox Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text and photographs, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was a highly respected breeder of the day. The book's 144 pages cover all aspects of the Wire Haired Fox Terrier. Begining with the history of the breed, it moves on to discuss buying, breeding, feeding and showing amongst many other topics. There is a "Standard description of the correct appearance and scale of points" and a number of excellent photos of famous dogs of the day. This is a fascinating read for any Wire enthusiast or historian of the breed but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are reprinting these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. CHAPTERS INCLUDE: - I. - THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE BREED II. - THE "WIRE'S" POPULARITY III. - SOME FAMOUS WIRE STRAINS, ANCIENT AND MODERN IV. - CHOOSING A WIRE V. - TRAINING THE WIRE VI. - STANDARD DESCRIPTION AND SCALE OF POINTS VII. - PREPARATION FOR SHOW AND SHOWING VIII. - THE BREEDING OF WIRES AND REARING OF PUPPIES IX. - HINTS ON FEEDING X. - HOW TO START A KENNEL
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 23, 2011
    ISBN9781446545041
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      The Modern Wire Haired Fox Terrier - Its History, Points & Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic) - Leonard E. Naylor

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      CHAPTER I

      THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE BREED

      How the name arose—Terriers that are not—The ideal size—The Wire’s English forebears—Terriers in the XVIth Century—The dawn of Wire history—Parson Jack’s Wires —Caricaturist breeders—The breed’s redemption—Some far-seeing experts—The Wire Fox Terrier Association.

      The word Terrier is derived from the Latin terra, or earth, and indicates clearly the sporting function of this type of dog. Many years have passed since the term Terrier was applied exclusively to dogs capable of going to ground, for some breeds that are included in the classification would have difficulty in getting more than their noses into an earth. The breeders of the Fox Terrier, however, throughout the years have borne the primary purpose of the breed in mind, and excessive size has always been regarded as a serious fault. Although the great majority of show-quality Wires have never explored the home of Brock the badger, they all approximate to the ideal size for the job, and when put to it would assuredly not be found wanting in other respects. It is impossible to say when the Wire was first evolved in England there have been Rough-Haired Terriers of various shades ever since the appearance and uses of dogs began to form the subject of pictorial and written record Certain it is that, at least a hundred and fifty years ago, British engravers and draughtsmen depicted small dogs, rough of coat and mainly white in colour, which, allowing for artistic licence and the passage of time, bear a distinct family resemblance to our friend of to-day. It is safe to assume that a Wire-Haired Terrier of sorts has been in use ever since fox-hunting began. Dr. Caius, in his sixteenth-century Book of Dogges , refers to Terrars which creepe into the grounde, and by that means make afrayde, nyppe and byte the badger, in such sorte, that either they teare them in pieces with theyre teeth, beying in the bosom of the earth, or else hayle and pull them perforce out of theyre lurking angles, dark dongeons, and close caves. The worthy Doctor’s idea of a badger-dig bears all the evidence of having been acquired at third-hand, like much of the rest of his dog-lore. (Of another breed he affirmed that they had the pretty conceit of waiting by rabbit-holes while the occupants were absent, posing as friends, and by this early form of the confidence trick waylaying the rodents upon their return!) But in any event the sixteenth-century Terrier, allowing for Dr. Caius’s over-emphasis, was obviously a great fellow.

      However, coming to the dawn of authentic Wire history we find, about the time of Queen Victoria’s accession, that Wire-Haired Terriers in the north of England were quite plentiful, and it is recorded that the pedigrees of some of those strains were just as carefully kept as those of the leading kennels of to-day. In the south the Rev. John Russell (Parson Jack) had founded a kennel of Wires whose reputation had spread far beyond his native Devon. Many stories are told of the prowess of the Wire in the ‘forties and ‘fifties before dog-shows came into being, but we are very much in the dark regarding his precise physical make-up. Early in his show career the improvers got to work, for in the ’seventies of last century we find the Fox Terrier’s body compared to a brick with the four corners knocked off. From this exaggerated cobbiness the pendulum swung to the other extreme, and the caricaturist breeders, under the pretence of further improvement , produced a spindle-shanked, narrow-chested monstrosity that was the mere wraith of the strains that Parson Jack and other sportsmen had known and admired and kept pure. The idea, apparently, was to breed a race of terrier to keep pace with hounds, and the supporters of this theory failed to realize the impossibility of producing a Terrier able to accomplish this feat, and at the same time be suited to his real purpose of going to ground. This new production, for all his lathiness , was a heavy-weight as compared with the true type, and often scaled as much as 25-lb. The experiment proved a complete failure, for this gimrack Goliath among Terriers was unable efficiently to do either of the jobs for which he was designed. But before the reputation of the breed had been irretrievably ruined, wiser counsels prevailed and a reversion was soon made to a sturdier outline. The Wire of to-day shows but slight modifications in the ideal" make-up which have taken place since the days of such model dogs as Ch. Cackler of Notts and Meersbrook Bristles. One of the leaders in the dethronement of the long-legged upstarts was Mr. S. E. Shirley, one-time President of the Kennel Club, who seized with both hands the opportunity afforded him when judging at an important show. The Fox Terriers there were a mixed lot, containing many specimens of the leggy, lathy, latest-fashioned dogs, and a few of the old-style dogs that could have entered a badger-earth with more than an even chance of emerging alive. Mr. Shirley, in making his awards, totally ignored the new-fangled creations, thus confounding all the late-Victorian advocates of a slimming craze for Fox Terriers. Against such an unmistakable gesture by one of the very best judges of the day their fulminations were of no avail, and the old-fashioned dog evolved by men who knew just what a sporting Fox Terrier should be, resumed his rightful place as the brightest star in the canine firmament. For the development of the Wire as a show-dog during recent years, the fancy is greatly indebted to such far-seeing experts as Mr. A. A. W. Simmonds, Mr. Holland, and Mr. G. Howlett—to say nothing of the efforts of the Wire Fox Terrier Association. The wise guidance of the Association, and the excellent example set by the breeders named and others, are mainly responsible for the uninterrupted progress of the breed since the war, and its immunity from those freakish tendencies which have imperilled, and in some cases definitely blemished, the reputations of certain other breeds. And all lovers and admirers of the Wire will hope that he will long continue to be spared the attentions of friends with fantastic schemes of improvement, whose real ambition is not to paint the lily , but just to improve the shining hour .

      CHAPTER II

      THE WIRE’S POPULARITY: SOME REASONS

      Figures that cannot lie—Kennel Club registrations—A one-hundred-per-cent. dog—His courage—His ubiquity—His way with young and old—His tenacity—Honest, handy and hardy—The best mixer of all.

      Every one of the eighty-odd varieties of dog recognized by the English Kennel Club has its faithful band of devotees, varying in number, who have sworn allegiance to their own particular canine fancy. And for every one of these varieties some sound reason, or reasons, could be advanced why large numbers of people have been attracted to them. A short conversation at a show with an exhibitor of almost any breed but the Wire breed, and the slightest hint that you are an admirer of his breed, will kindle the light of enthusiasm in the exhibitor’s eyes, and if you are sufficiently attuned to his mood, he will tell you that the Blank-hound or Dash Terrier is the only dog in the world worth considering. And if you are

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