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carried too far, but they soon limber up and rarely is 

 treatment required ; should it seem necessary however, 

 bathing the affected parts with hot water will speedily 

 effect a cure. 



As for terriers that have a yard or run to their kennels, 

 they do not require nearly so much work as the large 

 breeds, for they are nervous and restless, and, being always 

 on the move, exercise themselves. 



The city resident of many cares and but few leisure 

 moments will find routine exercise well-nigh impossible 

 and he will naturally ask if there is not some means of 

 working his dog without long walks and going away from 

 home. There is retrieving the ball ; if his dog has been 

 taught it he might be worked in that way half an hour or 

 more in the morning and the same length of time at 

 night, after he had been given slow walking exercise for a 

 week or ten days. 



There is also the exercising machine or so-called " dog: 

 power " which might be used advantageously, but one 

 trouble with that is, the dog is apt to work too fast 

 or too long unless very nice judgment is used. Nor 

 can it approach nearly in value the exercise yielded by 

 walks and scampers, for there are lacking the pure air and 

 diversion which are by no means unimportant considera- 

 tions. However, the "dog power" can be made useful,, 

 but intelligence and care will be required. 



Sporting dogs that have much fallen off in form cart 

 scarcely be made right without a little fast work, and 

 unless they can be taken into the field occasionally, which 

 is always best, a good place for them is behind a horse ; 

 and their runs, at moderate pace, may extend to from ten 

 to thirty miles a day, provided, of course, they have been 

 brought up to them by easy stages. 



But hard runs are not advisable, as many seem to think. 



