You can't do too much for dogs, and all you do for them they will re- 

 pay you a hundred fold. 



When you get a dog, arrange to care for it properly; provide a suitable 

 place for it to live and sleep, and especially see to it that your dog gets 

 plenty of exercise, which is as essentially necessary as food and water to 

 keep it in health. 



When you take your dog for a walk, teach him to mind you; if he 

 runs too far ahead, call him back, and never allow him to cross over the 

 street ahead of you, as any dog is liable to do should he see another dog on 

 the other side. A dog's judgment is faulty as to how quick he can get over . 

 In front of a car coming, and when he sees the other dog he forgets all 

 this and doesn't see or hear the electric car or auto that is rapidly coming up 

 or down the street. Many a dog has been killed this way, even when out 

 with his master or mistress, because they were not watching out for their 

 dog. When you come to a street crossing, look and see if any car is coming; 

 stop a second, see that your dog is behind you and that it stops; then, if 

 the coast is clear say "All right, come on, Jack!" Your dog can soon be 

 taught to follow and mind you. The writer has for years past taken out 

 from fifteen to twenty dogs at a time every afternoon for a walk on the 

 streets of Cincinnati, and all under such control that by the crack of a whip 

 they would all stop at a crossing, and a second crack and say "Go!" over 

 they flew, and enjoyed it, too. With only one dog for a walk no danger need 

 ever befall him if you are watching out for him as you should do. 



If your dog gets into the bad habit of running and barking at a horse, 

 bicycle or a person, break him of this at once by calling him to you there 

 and then; scold him and switch him sharply over his back — any dog can 

 soon be broken of this by proper punishment at the time, or of any fault 

 if he is punished and knows what it is for. Whipping a dog after the 

 fault does no good and is only an unnecessary infliction. Whipping is not 

 necessarily cruelty any more than it would be to punish your child when 

 it needed it, and children need it oftener than dogs do. Get a rawhide, keep 

 it handy, and when your dog needs it give him a few sharp cuts across the 

 rump or back, which will smart and sting, and he'll remember it. Never 

 strike him over the head or kick him, which is brutal. Don't get angry 

 yourself, keep cool, for the dog can notice this the same as your child could, 

 and the punishment loses its effect. Your dog loves you from the first hour 

 you have him, and he'll love you none the less for a deserved punishment. 



Whipping is not necessary with all dogs, scolding answering the pur- 

 pose in many cases. Dogs possess so much intelligence that a good scolding, 

 especially in older ones, will do just as well, and I consider it preferable. 

 I have dogs now that act heart-broken when I scold them and continue so 

 till I again talk to them and "make up" by saying, "Don't you know, Jack, 

 that you were a very bad dog?" and. "Now if you'll be good I'll forgive you, 



