THE HOME AND CARE OF THE DOG 185 



tremes above cited is, as usual, the best. The 

 dog as well as any other pet should be em- 

 phatically one of the family, and made as 

 much at home, and as comfortable, according 

 to his needs, as the master himself. 



The first care should be to provide him with 

 a regular sleeping-place, and a suitable bed 

 and furnishings. The dog, as well as the man, 

 enjoys the feeling of home given by a settled 

 resting-place ; and no more than the man does 

 he like sleeping " anywhere and anyhow," on 

 the hard floor or the rough mat, as it happens, 

 with no covering for cold nights. Pet dogs 

 become accustomed to soft beds and their be- 

 longings, and learn to sleep quietly, and keep 

 the covering over them. One whom I knew, 

 when the cover slipped out of place in the 

 night, used to go to the bed of his mistress, 

 and waken her to have it replaced. One night 

 when she was not well, and feared taking cold 

 if she got up, she felt obliged to deny him, 

 and he was so offended that he would have 

 nothing to do with her for a day or two, re- 

 fused food from her hand, and even took up 

 his abode at a neighbor's house. 



For a big dog, the home with its bed is 



