The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-11

this species of dor two years ago with
three dogs, but to succeed as well as she
has in raising her puppies has cost
many sleepless nights for the entire
family. When a litter of puppies is born
out at the farm it means that q dog
doctor is called in to stay with the
mother until she is perfectly comforta-
bic and out of all danger. He leaves
her only when she is able to sit up
and take notice" This Is usually three
hours after the little pups have been
put in a f1eece-lined basket and set by
the stove to keep warm For this three
hours if he is in the neighborhood, the
Doctors fee is SO; If he must go out to
Hudson Heights from New York espec-
tally to attend the case his fee is from
SIS to S25, so that in the very beginning
the dogs are an expense Mrs. Betz
often has to employ foster mothers for
her little dogs, as many filters are OF
greater number than the mother can
take care of. This entails still further
expense.
Until the little bun pups are quite
strong or if foster mother must be
used, one of the family must sit all
night long BY the little dogs and watch
them as carefully as one would watch a
young baby. and once the little fellows
have gone to sleep for the night, no
noise is made to disturb them. for on
their rest depends greatly their strength
as they grow If a little bulldog does
not sleep well when it is a baby dog.
then as it grows up it will be weak and
proftless.
The farm itself is not very impressive
merely a large house. standing on a
hill overlooking the Hudson race track.
About the back are several kennels
used for the dogs in summer. In tnA
winter the animals are kept in the
house and to accommodate them as
we'll a s to keep the house in as sanitary
condition as possible all the carpets
have been taken from the floors and
the dogs make their home with the
family in the best rooms. Everything
must bend to them. for they are the
breadearners and must be first consid~
cred
Mrs. Betz is just beginning to show
her dogs. and from this kennel, two
years old she has raised one first, two
second and one third-prize dogs, all
from puppies that have been born ON
the farm The proprietor has several
private clients whom she supplies with
! dogs and there is more demand for
English bulls of good breed than one
would imagine. Often she sells two ana
! three dogs to one family, and supplies
several excellent kennels about New
York with English stock. Bulldogs are
/ frequently imported from England for
these kennels. Two were received last
week, and on the same vessel came \
fine French bull
Big profits reward successful bulldog
raising but one must understand the
dog question thoroughly to raise two
puppies out of q litter of six or eight,
and a knowledge of dog doctoring is
essential if the veterinary is not to be
allowed to secure too much of the sur
/ plus. Mrs. Betz. with the fruits of two
/ years experience. sells the pups for
from $50 up and the fu1l-grown dogs for
/ from 5000 to 5000. One prize winner now
on the farm is valued at $500.
From 20 to 25 dogs are raised on the
farm each month, and from these not
/ less than $500 is the amount of clear
profit. Mrs. Betz is always a little wary
about selling a dog when it is a pup.
for. talking in q businesslike manner
about short faces. wide muzzles and be
I ing well undershot she says you can
never tell until dog has its growth
whether you have a prize winner or
Just a dog of good breed. Many a doc
she has kept as a prospective prize VIM
ner has turned out to be a good ordi-
nary bull. and some she has sold az
ordinary dogs have won prizes.-Buffale
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