no more trouble to handle a setter than a pointer, for the field. The 

 question is merely one of choice, as the care and training are practically 

 the same. If a dog is wanted for the water, the setter is the better 

 dog on account of his coat. Never cut a setter's coat, as it makes it 

 rough, but keep it smooth and glossy by combing it frequently with 

 a large toothed comb. Keep your dogs free from fleas and lice. The 

 fleas are bred in the dust and the lice come from pigeon lofts or 

 chicken houses. Always pick the wood ticks out of your dogs' or 

 cats' ears. 



If your dog or cat hurts himself, always pet him. Use toilet water 

 in a pet's bath, to perfume his coat. 



Keep a clean kennel or box, and keep the kennel yard clean. Al- 

 ways have a shovel and broom at hand to use as needed. If the ken- 

 nel yard is dusty, wet it at night and it will be fresh in the morning. 



Keep your dog close at night and don't let him bark. Go out to 

 him if he does and hang a chain or bell on him, and if he is bound 

 to bark strap him a few times, using the word "Charge" and blow the 

 v.-histle. He will soon learn to stop and if he begins again, start after 

 him with the strap, saying "Charge," and he will understand and be 

 quiet. A few nights will cure him. 



When your dogs or cats have fits or spasms, are poor and thin, and 



you can't fatten them; when their hair looks rough and falls out, and 



they have a dry, hot nose, and their '^yes look badly, treat them for 



worms. 



WORM MEDICINE. 



Have a pill made from one and a half grains of powdered areca 

 nut to the pound weight of the dog or cat, and give the pill on an 

 empty stomach, after a twelve hours' fast. Open the dog's mouth and 

 push the pill down the throat with the finger. Follow this in two 

 hours with one teaspoonful of castor oil, if for a small dog or cat ; one 

 and a half, if for a large one, or even two spoonfuls. Two hours after 

 giving the oil, feed a little soft food, such as bread and gravy. Any 

 druggist can make the pill. 



TEACHING A DOG TO POINT. 



It is not an easy thing to teach a dog to point. In the first place, 

 a great many dogs have not a good nose scent, and many times there 

 is no chance to find game to work the dogs on. 



I have found it easy to make a dog point no matter how young he 



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