First things must come first and one cannot train without a dog. And if you have hopes of any success in any branch of dog training you don’t just want a dog, you want a dog trainable for the purpose you have in mind. This I consider as important, if not more important, than the…
There are large numbers of different breeds of rabbit from which to make a choice of pet. It may be noticed that whereas in most small pets the various colours are known as varieties, in rabbits they are known as breeds. What is the difference between a variety and a breed? The principal difference lies…
The range of different colours in guinea-pigs is large but full of interest. The most popular are those known as selfs. They are of the same colour all over. These occur as black, chocolate, lilac, red, cream and white. The agouti or ticked varieties are found in several colours, of which the golden, cinnamon and…
The original colouring of the hamster is the familiar golden-brown. This is the wild hamster and, for some 15 years after domestication, was the only known colour. However, nature produces variations in the form of “sports” or mutants, to use the correct word. No-one knows when, where or what form these may take, except that…