| Show DAVENPORT PLEADS fO FOR ANIMALS k TORTURED TO u TO MAKE MANS N PLEASURE PLEASE E Er EA EIX r IX DOGS ONCE COULD DO REAL WORK WORIC I If Copyright Cop hl 1007 bj by N t t tt tJ f jr t J I I 1 f fp i fi fir r iL I t y jr r r Ac r t rr 1 l I v d i ii ip i r i I p f J 7 fell l Q r Z v C t o r r V VS Vr r S j ti t f f C Dog er from practically the thes same same kind 1 1 of cruelty that pigeons and chickens ens have to endure from fancy breeders The same forms form of degeneracy result when collies collie that were once very useful arc are bred for style until they thc arc are areno no II longer nger of any real re l service except to exhibit at dog shows or to lead around on a leash It would be the thc height of o cruelty to change a a once thoughtful race of men into a very suspicious class of people that would suffer from lack of of courage age That is what the present collie is isas as nervous as a coyote and almost as certain to snap you if you you OU go to pet him lie Ile H intelligence enough to follow you though he descends from a race of dogs that could go miles and bring bri g from a bunch hunch of oi cattle only the cows I show how in my m picture a collie or sheep dog which T I once knew to carry can a newly born horn lamb Iamb to the fold while driving sheep To davs conditions are arc brought ht about by thoughtless thou judging and breed ing of dogs and by h the fact that there is iss a it class of people in cities willing g to pay thousands for a useless dog if only his color and shape are are a e correct according to a standard stanard made regardless of the really valuable points poi ts The effect on the useful qualities of dogs that such standards of alleged excellency has wrought wr u ht is truly remarkable If this fashion of breeding logs dogs is in vogue another fifty years dogs will ill be bc useless except for fleas If you want to judge of f mans intelligence relative to breeding dogs go today or any da day a this summer and ask some one with h a prize log to lead him him a mile in the hot sun and listen to the poor an animal l al gag and aud choke in an effort to get his breath To imagine he could travel and follow you as s you walked walk d would be preposterous Still the English bulldog was once a dog capable of taking care o m self in any company His jaws were heavy but muscular his eyes were bright and alert But since society and fashion has adopted him as as a fad he has been beena a dependent del animal suffering greatly owing to the thoughtless s breed his kind v r If there is any anyone one thing dogs clogs like to do clo it is to follow their masters and this was once easy for any an dog because nature supplied them with good noses and eyes Of late years the standard of excellency has required the hull bull terrier to have smaller eyes eves and a longer nose 1 t Today this formerly capable dog is almost helpless He lie cannot use hu hid hi I scent and anti cannot recognize the man that feeds him from a l stranger if lie lee is over oer away away He lie tries but in his efforts to focus correctly with his unnaturally small eyes he runs lure here and ane there and is soon lost He tries hard hare to follow but it is a t physical impossibility His ears have been cut so close to the drum for so many years that his hearing is much affected It is not uncommon to find pups of this breed born deaf leaf Many other kinds of dogs have suffered from this thU abuse of fancy breed brec bree i lug ing In fact I have come to believe that the worst place to buy any variety o IJ dog is at a dog clog show There is one thing apparent the degeneracy of our various animals is th the fault of men that put fashion above brains br ns |
