WASHING AND GROOMING. 12$ 



The blood can never circulate as freely as it ought in a 

 dog that is denied sufficient exercise, nor can the organs 

 concerned in circulation long retain their strength and 

 vigor under such denial. Manifestly, also, when they 

 are unable to do the entire duty assigned them their fail- 

 ure will be registered in every part of the animal econ- 

 omy. The effects of faults in the digestive system are 

 equally as wide-spread, and nutrition everywhere must 

 suffer in degree corresponding largely to their intensity. 

 And even farther reaching and more pronounced are the 

 ill effects of disturbances of the nervous system — a fact 

 that need not be urged, for all must have had at some time 

 in their lives at least a disposition to fret and worry, 

 which alone is sufficient to impair every important func- 

 tion and make the victim spiritless, weak and ailing. 



Appreciating that the hair, like the fingers and toes, is 

 literally a part of the living structure, and that it is vital- 

 ized and nourished by the same common supplies, it is 

 easy to believe that it shares in the hurtful influence de- 

 scribed, and that if a dog is kept chained or confined to 

 contracted quarters, is improperly fed, discontented and 

 unhappy, or from other causes the tone of his general 

 health is lowered, his hair must inevitably suffer with all 

 other portions of his make-up. 



When the hair parts with its natural gloss and smooth- 

 ness there is some cause for it, which must be found and 

 removed before restoration will be possible. And beyond 

 the faults in management already alluded to there is at 

 least one other equally as common, and which has very 

 nearly as potent an indirect influence on the growth and 

 health of the hair, namely, that of denying dogs sufficient 

 fresh, wholesome drinking water. In evidence of the in- 

 jury induced thereby the writer records an instance that 

 occurred some years since in his kennels. On this oc- 



