13— HOW TO SHIP DOGS 



Shipping on approval has its dangers. The dog is strange, is off 

 feed, is nervous. Dogs for the hunt may be well trained yet under a 

 new master and surroundings, not do well in the fields. 



Where dogs are shipped COD or on approval, the seller should 

 request an advance payment sufficient to cover transportation charges 

 both ways if the dog is refused. 



TRIAL EXPRESS SHIPMENTS 



The Railway Express Agency permits a trial period of six days on COD 

 shipments of dogs. 



The shipment can be made COD, the buyer to pay express charges and the 

 purchase price of the dog. 



The shipper however guarantees that the buyer will pay the express charges. 

 A full release must be made by the shipper and given to the express company 

 for any loss incident to the trial or examination. 



If, after the dog has been tried in the field, it is not accepted, any express 

 charges paid by the buyer will not be refunded unless the seller so instructs. 



If a dog is rejected after trial, the purchase price having been paid for in 

 full, the dog will not be accepted COD if returned to the shipper. 



The COD purchase price, of course, is paid if and after the purchaser 

 accepts the dog. 



If two or more dogs are sent on this basis, one or more can be returned 

 and one or more accepted. 



The express agent must notify shipper within 24 hours if the shipment is 

 refused or can not be delivered. 



COD shipments often are made use of when hunting dogs are sent on approval. 



EXPRESS COMPANY GIVES GOOD SERVICE 



The railway express company handles dog shipments humanely. 

 The expressman must follow any instructions regarding watering, feed- 

 ing and exercising. Express form 3305 provides for detailed report of 

 such attention given. General instructions 573 to 585 cover fully the 

 care express employees must give to dogs. 



DUTY OF EXPRESS AGENTS 



A breeder wrote that a bitch to be shipped to one of his studs from Ohio was 

 refused by the express company attendant at Toledo on the claim that a health certificate 

 would be necessary before the dog could be shipped into Iowa. 



On the basis of this wrong information, the owner of the bitch decided not to ship 

 her. The owner of the stud filed claim for the amount of the fee for the lost service; 

 the express company paid the claim. 



Another breeder reported that he lost services because some local express agent 

 wrongly informed the owners of bitches that a quarantine existed in the district where 

 the owner of the stud was located. 



AFTER THE DOG IS RECEIVED 



Give the puppy or grown dog a few hours to accustom himself to 

 his new home. From the very first moment, locate his eating and sleep- 

 ing places and do not change them later. 



Ask the shipper, if he has not already sent the information to you, 

 what diet the dog has had. For a time at least, follow the same diet. 



Notify the shipper of the arrival of the dog. He likes to know that 

 the dog has been received safely and is satisfactory. 



