HOW TO SHIP DOGS— 14 



Section E— MISCELLANEOUS 



In cold weather or rainy weather, caution the express company 

 not to place a tarpaulin too closely over the crate. We have known of 

 puppies suffocating on this account. 



A chewing dog may chew his way out of a crate. It would be well 

 to muzzle such dog; another means to prevent escape is to line the 

 inside of the crate with fine-mesh chicken wire. 



Do not ship two or more dogs in one crate unless they are known 

 to be very friendly. Puppies, of course, under six months of age, can 

 be shipped in groups. 



A well-made attractive crate is a silent but strong salesman for 

 the shipper. 



Send along in the crate a toy or other plaything of the dog; it 

 lessens the impact of changed masters and new environment, on the 

 dog's mind, 



The express company's live stock contract provides for a signed) 

 statement by the shipper that the dog is free from contagious, infectious 

 or communicable diseases. 



Wash a crate before being used and after it is received back ; after 

 it has been washed, let it "sun" for a time. 



The rate on returning an empty dog crate is one-half of 

 the first class rate by actual weight per hundred pounds rate. 

 The crate must be returned within 60 days. 



This booklet is crowded with instructions. To be brief — ship only 

 a healthy dog, make sure the crate protects the dog, and have the dog 

 enroute as short time as possible. 



Section F—A CASE STUDY 



The Editor has written a Handy Dog An Asorbent Bedding 



Booklet How to Ship Dogs. But the other The puppy was not housebroken. Cer- 



day he went thru many trials and tribula- tainly we did not want it to soil the crate, 



tions before a dog was delivered to the to lie in its own soiling for two days and 



express company, principally thru lack of three nights, the time necessary for the 



forethot. trip from Chicago to San Francisco (this 



The puppy was valued at $150 — a boxer in 1936). So we cut some newspapers into 

 female. It would not have been in keeping strip shreds and used them for bedding — 

 with the fitness of things to ship her in a and we think good bedding as it is dry and 

 store box or run-down crate. At the last absorbent, easily removed and replaced, 

 minute it was discovered that no suitable We would have used cedar shavings, how- 

 crate was available and that one needed to ever, in preference, could we have gotten 

 be purchased. Here was another hour's them. 



work of scurrying around with its expense The next problem was water. We asked 



of $4.50 for a new crate (plywood fiber). that the food dish be used for a drinking 



pan also. 

 A Checkup on Trains 



The puppy was shipped from Chicago The Vital Problem of Feeding 



to San Francisco. Time was taken to tele- This puppy would be in transit 56 hours, 



phone the express company to learn when Therefore, it was greatly necessary that 



the train would leave Chicago and when the puppy be fed properly to avoid "travel 



"ThI tr^ainwouM^So? leave until 11 :40 in -ckness." another name for diarrhea and 



the evening but we could not stay longer cold combined. We placed four cans of 



than 5 p. m. Therefore, knowing the good ^^« ^^^d and two lbs. of biscuit food along 



care which a puppy receives from the ex- with a small eating dish inside a cloth 



press company's personnel, we planned to sack, then tied the sack to the outside of 



deliver the puppy at five o'clock. the crate. 



