USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING DOGS. 275 



strengthen and stimulate the mother in the trying periods of pregnancy and 

 while suckling pups. It is impossible for a hen to cover the egg meat with 

 hard shell unless it have access to lime and other shell producing matter. 

 So with the bitch; when her puppies are required to show bone this state 

 is greatly aided by supplying bone producing foods. Precipitated phosphate 

 of lime should be given to the bitch in her food during the last weeks of 

 pregnancy and after whelping and then to the puppies until two or three 

 months old. Half a teaspoonful daily to a pup is sufficient. 



Don't, if you can avoid it, keep your bitches in whelp in kennels or 

 jards where they must continually jump up on their hind legs in order to 

 lock upon thu outer world; have open wire or slats for fencing and divis- 

 ions. If you must have solid partitions build them so high that the bitch 

 v ill never attempt to jump up in order to look over. More puppies are slip- 

 ped and more bitches miss from this abnormal exercise than most breed- 

 ers imagine. 



Don't wash a dog and then allow it to run around and dry itself. If 

 you take enough interest in the dog to wash it, you should not be too lazy 

 to dry him afterward. 



Don't give up hope of a sick dog; they have most remarkable recuper- 

 ative powers and will frequently take a right turn when least expected. 



Don't if a dog is doing well without medicine, force it on him, and, 

 as a rule, if a dog is resting quietly or sleeping, do not disturb him to give 

 him medicine. 



Don't in buying medicine, be satisfied with anything but the very best. 

 Beware of cheap, coarse castor oil, adulterated quinine and cod liver oil, 

 and it may also be stated that some of the proprietary medicines on the 

 market are dangerous. 



Don't guess at doses, measure them carefully and if the medicine is ' 

 to be given at night keep the dog confined until morning. 



Don't expect a puppy to know as much as an adult dog. 



Don't keep a dog unless you are fond of it. , 



Don't expect to house-break a pup in a week. 



Dcr't ill-use him because he does not understand you. 



Don't wait too long to break him to chain and collar. 



Don't think that a dog has no likes or dislikes. 



Don't whip him if he barks at a stranger, and never kick your dog. 



Don't allow him to have his own way, but be firm and determined with 

 him, using only enough punishment to control him, if you can't accomplish 

 it by talking to him. 



Don't allow your dog to stray too far from you in the streets, and 

 make him obedient to call. 



Don't allow him to cross the street unless he Is near to you for fear 

 of being run over by an auto or street car. 



Don't be afraid to give your dog plenty of exercise. 



Don't feed him around the table. 



Don't give him chicken bones; they are dangerous. 



Don't ignore his instincts and think that he can live on starchy foods 

 alone. 



Don't entertain the false notion that meat produces fits or mange. 



Don't give him a taste for candies. 



Don't worry over every little thing that appears to be out of the or- 

 dinary in your dog. There are days when you don't feel well, and don't 

 feel like playing. It's the same with a dog. 



Don't treat your dogs as so many animals that have to be fed and 

 housed. We cannot understand keeping dogs under such conditions. Han- 

 dle your dogs, make friends with them, because they are dogs. A man ' 

 need never be ashamed of loving a dog. 



Don't lose your temper and kick a dog. The dog is apt to consider . 

 the kicking leg an enemy, and treat it as such, and this may be uncom- 

 fortable for you. Besides, a kick in passion may do an irreparable injury 

 to the dog. If a whip must be used, a thin rawhide is the best; it hurts 

 and breaks no bones, and you can control it better than a whiplash. 



