Excerpt from The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc;, And Including the Points or Characteristics of Toy Dogs
Among the various scientific and anecdotical writings in the English language on The Dog, it might be though that the subject was exhausted, and that nothing remained to be done by the most careful observer of the habits and external forms of the varieties of this animal. But let any one seek for specific information upon several points connected with even well-marked and generally-recognised kinds, and he will soon be brought to confess that he is lost in doubt and uncertainty. For instance, where shall we find a sufficient description of the spaniels and terriers, or of the various retrievers for which such large sums are often given? Who will be able to discover, from any written account, the difference between the springer and the cocker, or between the Clumber and Sussex spaniels? Who, again, will tell us the colours and the forms of the Skye and Dandie Dinmont terriers, of the characteristics of the English toy terriers, pugs, and Maltese dogs?
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