USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING. DOGS. 27T 



but slanting inwards at an angle of 45 degrees so that the air is direct©* 

 to the top of the kennel first. 



Don't feed raw meat to a dog suffering from diarrhea. Feed starchy 

 foods. A good stiff gruel of flour and water will often stop the complaint 

 in early stages. 



Don't think that your duty is done when you have provided kennel 

 runs for your dogs. This fact will not always answer the exercising pur- 

 pose. The dogs will probably lie around and take a toddle now and again, 

 but no real exercise. Therefore they should be given opportunity for a 

 scamper at least once a day. This is always feasible in the country and 

 really no dogs should be kept in the city, except household pets, and these 

 can always be given a run when you walk, if you care to take the trouble 

 ■ — some people don't, and the dogs suffer. 



Don't allow the kennel yards to become littered with manure. Besides 

 being unhealthy and a source of worms, the manure is a saleable commo- 

 dity and should be regularly taken up, dried and sold to the morocco 

 leather dressers. The bones that accumulate around a kennel can also be 

 disposed of. All these little things count in the conduct of a large kennel. 



Don't feed scraps from the table without carefully looking them over 

 before doing so. In the dog's eagerness after dainties he may swallow a 

 hidden fish bone, chicken bone splinter or other pointed substance that may 

 cause trouble afterwards. Also don't feed highly seasoned messes that 

 come from the table just because they are handy and the dog will eat them. 

 It will cost you less in the long run to feed sound wholesome dog food. 



Don't use the whip for every little mistake your dog makes. Dogs are 

 not like lions in a cage, to be subdued by a show of force. Talk to the dog 

 and prove to him by action and expression that he has done wrong. A dog 

 follows his master's expression more than you may think he does. Kind- 

 ness and firmness accomplish more than the lash. 



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 uncomforta- 

 ble 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 whip lash. 



Don't enter a kennel without speaking to the dogs, and especially so at 

 night, or in the dark. The magic power of the voice may save you from a 

 bite. When meeting a strange dog always greet him kindly. A soft word 

 will answer better than your boot. And don't thrink from a dog that jumps 

 or runs toward you, this is an exhibition of fear that he is apt to take advan- 

 tage of, and above all things don't run away from him. 



Don't fail to frequently examine your dog's mouth. Teeth may become 

 loose, and thereby interfere with his eating; tartar may form when sloppy, 

 unsuitable food is given, and especially in the case of pet dogs, lap dogs, 

 and so forth, that are fed not wisely but too well, and this should be either 

 brushed away or scraped. Small slivers of bone are apt to run in between 

 the gum and tooth; if not removed, the gum will ulcerate and become very 

 painful, preventing the dog from eating, and while in this off-of-feed con- 

 dition, you may deem it proper to doctor him for some imaginary illness 

 when a little examination would show you the cause of the trouble. 



Don't exercise your dog after a meal, nor yet just before it. How 

 would you like to run half a mile after a good feed? 



Don't feed sloppy food to the dogs; that soft of stuff may be all right 

 to fill pigs with, but a dog's grinders were made for something more 

 substantial. If you are a father you will know it is customary to give 

 teething babies something to use their gums on. Puppies are four-legged 

 babies, and they require similar treatment when teething. Chuck the puppy 

 a bone or a biscuit and that will help the grinders along. 



Don't think because you know what you wish your dog to do that 

 he can grasp your meaning off-hand and without effort on your part; dogs 

 are intelligent, but they are not clairvoyants. 



Don't buy drugs in great quantities as they become inert or greatly 

 deteriorate by keeping, especially when exposed to light and air; therefor*, 



