lO Introduction. 



powerful drug or medicine of any kind to 

 my dogs. During this period, although I 

 may not have learned much from lectures 

 .or. books, I did learn from my dogs that 

 nature was so far superior to me in bring- 

 ing .them through Jtheir ailments all right, 

 that it was better for me, and very much 

 better for them, to follow in her footsteps. 

 This little work, however, makes no pre- 

 tensions to anything of a scientific nature, 

 but simply — as its title indicates — shows 

 the unscientific reader just how to take 

 care of his dog by a humane and rational 

 method of treatment that will very often 

 keep him free from the ills that are com- 

 mon to dog life. No claim is to be found 

 in these pages that there is an infallible 

 panacea for all or any of the diseases to 

 which dogs are subject ; but the claim is 

 made that a careful study of Nursing vs. 

 Dosing, and an intelligent application of the 

 principles and rules laid down, will prove to 

 be of inestimable value to the dog owner 



