Color: Red.
Weight: Under 9 lbs.
This is a ladies’ pet dog, very intelligent, sprightly, robust, of
compact appearance, and is peculiar for his quasi-human expression. His
head is rounded, furnished with hard, irregular hair, which is longer
around the eyes and on the nose and cheeks. The ears are erect when
cropped, but not otherwise. The eyes are very large, black and with long
and black eye lashes, and the hair on his nose should grow upwards,
towards his pronounced stop. His chin should be prominent, but must not
show the teeth. The tail is erect and cut two-thirds of its length.
There is no definite data as to this dog’s precise origin, and though
credit for his conception belongs to Brussels, it is highly probable
that he has been evolved by an admixture of the Yorkshire Terrier, Irish
Terrier and the Ruby Spaniel. His quaintness and degree of dignity,
altogether disproportionate to his size, account in a large measure for
the popular esteem in which he is held.
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