THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG. lYl 



if the dog is not well groomed and rubbed after coming 

 in, the legs included. 



Big dogs, such as St. Bernards, mastiffs, etc., are not 

 adapted to the same sort of exercise as setters, terriers, and 

 smaller dogs ; but it is astonishing how active and fast such 

 dogs become when judiciously exercised, and now and 

 then, in a field not too large, allowed to romp with dogs 

 of some more active breed for a short time and after pre- 

 liminary training. 



We have already said that no dog should be kept con- 

 stantly on chain. The tugging at a chain will not improve 

 the form of any dog, and will most certainly deform a 

 puppy; in fact, to keep a dog on chain is to subject him 

 to entirely wrong conditions, all his natural instincts being 

 checked and his nature perverted. 



Many accidents also are liable to happen, such as hang- 

 ing, etc. In nearly every instance chaining up could easily 

 be avoided. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG; DETERMINATION 



OF AGE. 



All mammals are born in a more or less undeveloped 

 condition, and to this the dog is no exception. The newly 

 born puppy is capable of but little locomotion ; and though 

 it can both taste and smell, the eyes and ears are not yet 

 complete in development, the external ears being closed 

 and the eyelids not yet separated, so that the creature is 

 both deaf and blind. In ten or twelve days these organs 

 are functional, and from that time the puppy's advance is 

 rapid. He soon gets control of his muscles, and uses his 

 senses and locomotive powers to investigate the world 



