Show ABOUT YOUR DOG THAT mi ARENT SO the arvoy 17 0 yer the cily I 1 A ay 04 2 ia you cannot fell a purebred fog 4 aloy that h od fy aly fack 6 11 roofed 1104 mouth IS f s pot flaco diee CAINES DOG DOC RESEARCH CENTER three popular inis misconceptions conceptions about canines are here de bunked by the gaines dog research center new york city the country dog does vot not live longer oner on 0 er than the city dog As a matter ot of fact the exact reverse is true the of the average city dog is two to three years longer than that of his country cousin in chief reason for this is the better care city dogs receive particularly in the matter of feeding city dogs of course are not exposed to the natural hazards encountered by country dogs A dog that bolts his food is not undernourished it is natural for a dog to wolf or gulp his meals the 1 trait is believed a carryover carry over from primitive days when dogs ran in packs and each had to eat fast to get his share of 0 captured food another fact the structure ot of the dogs mouth and throat is unlike that of most domesticated animals you cannot tell a purebred dog by his black rooted roofed mouth tho the mouths ot of many cross bleds araa black as midnight the black tongue is peculiar to the chow chow ana some authorities hold that a black or partially black tongue is an indication di ot of chow blood somewhere along the line even though a given animal may have no other hint of chow resemblance or characteristics |