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course there are some exceptions. Dogs are very cleanly animals 

 and often refuse to dirty a carpet or even a clean floor. Tliey should 

 therefore be turned out at proper times to relieve themselves. To 

 neglect to do this is cruel, as well as injurious to the health. J 

 have known dogs retain their excretions for days to^-ether rather 

 than expose themselves to the anger which they think they should 

 incur, and I believe some high couraged animals would almost dia 

 before they would make a mess. Long-haired dogs, when confined 

 to the house, are apt to smell disagreeably if they have much 

 flesh, and they should therefore be chiefly fed upon oatmeal por- 

 ridge, with very little flavoring of broth or meat mixed with it. 



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