CHAPTER XIII. 



NOTES 



There are several features of vital import 

 in Boston terrier breeding that the passing 

 years have disclosed to the writer the impera- 

 tive need of attention to. Most of these have 

 been spoken of in this book before, but they 

 seem to me at the present time to demand 

 being specially emphasized. Feeding and its 

 relation to skin diseases, I think, naturally 

 heads the list. 



I have received more letters of inquiry from 

 all parts of the country asking what to do for 

 skin trouble than for all other ailments com- 

 bined. I think our little dog is more suscepti- 

 ble to skin affections than most dogs, owing 

 to the fact that he is more or less a house pet, 

 and does not get the chance of as much out- 

 door exercise, and the access to nature's rem- 

 edy grass, as most breeds. At the same time 

 if fed properly, given sufficient life in the open, 

 no dog possesses a more beautiful glossy coat. 



No one factor is more responsible for skin 

 trouble than the indiscriminate feeding of dog 



