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The sense of smell is most acutely developed 

 of all senses in the dog, and at least 300% 

 more sensitive and efficient than the human 

 olfactory nerves. 



Dogrs not Particularly "Touchy" 



There is the final sense of touch, which, of 

 course, originates in all parts of the body and 

 is transmitted by the nerves to the brain. It 

 is not particularly sensitive in the dog, clear- 

 ly below sensitivity in the human, due of 

 course to the hairy covering of the dog and 

 the absence of hands. 



CONCLUSION 



It may be well that we repeat what we em- 

 phasized at the very beginning, namely, that 

 this is but a roughly-sketched tho accurate 

 discussion of the anatomy of the dog. A book 

 can be written readily on any one of a score 

 of parts of the dog's anatomy. 



The author hopes that this brief yet correct 

 presentation of the subject may enable dog 

 breeders, exhibitors, handlers, fanciers, kennel- 

 men and the one-dog or pet-dog owners, and 

 all other dog lovers better to understand the 

 physical needs of the dog and thereby intelli- 

 gently minister to the health of the dog. Out 

 of this knowledge can come a more sympa- 

 thetic understanding of the nature, mentality 

 and reactions of the dog. 



Knowledge Brings Kindness 



A full understanding of basic anatomy en- 

 ables one to take measures well in advance, 

 safeguard the health of the dog, avoid un- 

 necessary suffering, and in not a few in- 

 stances prevent entirely the oncoming of ill- 

 ness. Too often the dog is the victim of ig- 

 norance on the part of the master, where 

 early attention to some plain symptom might 

 avoid a disease or lessen its ravages, even save 

 the life of the dog. 



Body a Work of Art 



The anatomy of the dog cannot help but sug- 

 gest to the observant student the beauty of the 

 design, the fitting of one part into another, 

 the general purpose of the combined struc- 

 ture, and above all, the result of all these 



nicely combined cooperative actions resulting 

 in life itself with its movements and its 

 awareness of existence. Here in canine as in 

 man, the divine plan, an outside force above 

 and beyond the individual, is perpetually and 

 loudly evident. 



All Living Things Fight to Live 



Thru the many centuries nature has do- 

 nated a reserve of strength to the dog. Life 

 itself clings tightly within the dog ; it pre- 

 sents itself in the stamina of the vital organs 

 and in the will to live, which, when the knowl- 

 edge and skill of the veterinary no longer 

 can aid, still carries on and often saves the day 

 for a return to health and continued living. 

 "Brothers" under the Skin 



May this study of the anatomy of the dog 

 give you and all other readers an appreciation 

 of the dog as a wonderful mechanism physi- 

 cally and also mentally, second only to man 

 himself and related to the human in that the 

 same clockmaker who wound the mainspring 

 of the human body, set the wheels going and 

 then closed the case forever, did likewise for 

 the dog and all other living things. 



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