DOG 



1828 



DOG 



All IN ONE FAMILY 



on railway trains for three years, bearing an 

 inscription on his collar, "I am Help, the rail- 

 way dog of England, and traveling agent for 

 orphans of railway men who are killed on 

 duty." Within those three years he collected 

 more than $2,500, never failing to bring his 

 collar-bank safely to his masters. 



Training and Care. Not only can various 

 breeds of dogs be trained to hunt, but even 

 the mongrel pet of the household has intelli- 

 gence keen enough to be taught various tricks 

 to beg, to "speak," to fetch, carry and do 

 various simple acrobatic feats. A sharp re- 

 proof will be more effective than blows, and 

 a kindly word will bring forgetfulness of former 

 harshness and will call forth that sign of devo- 

 tion, a grateful wag of the tail. 



Cleanliness and freedom from draughts are 

 as necessary to the dog as to man; these will 

 guard against the disease known as distemper 

 (which see). To remove fleas, that burden of 



a dog's life, careful bathing is necessary. Un- 

 der favorable circumstances a dog will live for 

 fifteen years. Even with the best of care, how- 

 ever, it is liable to disease. The worst of these 

 is rabies, or hydrophobia (see HYDROPHOBIA). 

 If a human being is bitten by an animal suf- 

 fering with rabies, the disease will be imparted 

 to the person bitten. 



A dog can go longer without meat than 

 without water, so his special water-pan should 

 always be kept filled. One meal a day for a 

 grown dog is considered sufficient; that may 

 be of dog biscuit or the coarse scraps from the 

 table, with not too much meat. A dog, to 

 look best and to show most intelligence, should 

 be neither fat nor lean, but just sleek. The 

 occasional bone should not be forgotten, for 

 gnawing on a bone keeps the dog's teeth sharp, 

 and forms part of its amusement, too. Who 

 has not watched a dog carefully bury its bone 

 and then later seen another unearth it? 



