but you mustn't do so any more." Then see how happy Jack is and how he'll 

 jump all over you for joy. 



You can reason with all dogs. The "punishment should fit the crime," 

 and therefore use judgment. When your dog deserves praise, don't be 

 stingy about giving it, but talk to him; he'll understand your words and 

 oaresses, and by his actions, the loving looks from his eyes and the wag of 

 his tail, he'll show you how much he appreciates it. 



As to giving sulphur to dogs, this is an old tradition handed down 

 from no one knows where, and here is where many dog owners make a 

 mistake. If your dog gets sick your neighbor will say: "Oh, give it some 

 sulphur." Whoever invented this idea knew very little about dogs. Sul- 

 phur in its place is all right, but a continual use of it to excess thins the 

 blood, weakens the dog, and does harm far more than good. Many a poor 

 dog has been overdosed with sulphur when it did not need it at all. I've 

 heard of people keeping a lump of sulphur in the dog's drinking pan, and 

 in this case it did no harm nor any good, for you can leave a lump of it 

 in water for ten years and the dog never gets any of it, because sulphur and 

 water do not mix, and it only serves to give the water a nasty taste in the 

 imagination of the dog. Sulphur given about once a month in summer is 

 all right for grown dogs; the proper dose being for large breeds, a good 

 teaspoonful of flour of sulphur smoothly mixed in milk, to be given before 

 breakfast; an even teaspoonful for smaller breeds. It can also be given 

 mixed up in molasses, which will, however, act more quickly as a physic. 



If you live in a flat, or have no yard so the dog can get grass, you can 

 plant some grass seed in a box and have it all the year around for your dog 

 to eat. Get the seed of the kind of grass that dogs like — any seed store 

 has it — and you can just as well raise and keep grass for your dog as you 

 can raise flowers indoors. Keep box sitting on floor so dog can go to it when 

 he wants to. You provide the grass, and he'll do the rest. 



This preface or introductory, is about all I can say — it seems to me it 

 has covered the subject, but read all the rest in the book, under the several 

 headings, so you don't miss anything of all the good things this book con- 

 tains. 



So I'll close, by dedicating the book to dogs, and their owners. 



Faithfully yours, 



AL. G. EBERHART. 



CARD. 



This Book 



I AM A VERY BUSY MAN IN DOGS. 

 My mail is heavy and my time valuable. 



Should contain — as I have tried to make it — all 



necessary information and which I hope you will 

 find in it, by a careful perusal — but if you don't so find and deem it necessary 

 to write me as to any special case, such letters must be accompanied by an 

 enclosure of One Dollar to receive attention. This course is rendered neces- 

 sary to justify me for time spent. You SHOULD find in the book, advice 

 and treatment for every case of a sick dog — and I hope you will — if not, 

 then write. 



AL. G. EBERHART. 



