INDEX. 



After-birth, 249. 



Appetite, loss of, 77, 180, 185. 



Apple-butter, 274. 



Areca nut, 332. 



Arsenic, 152. 



Barley, 46. 



Barrenness from obesity, 227. 



Bedding, 89. 



" during whelping, 240, 

 Beet-root, 37. 

 Benzine, 127, 138. 

 Blanketing, 168. 

 Bone-meal, 237. 

 Bones, danger in, 30. 



" for puppies, 60. 



" value of, 30. 

 Bread, Boston brown, 41. 



" Graham, 41. 



" trimmings, 40, 42. 



" white, 39. 

 Breasts, malformations of, 273. 



" treatment when caked, 265. 



" treatment when sore, 274. 

 Breeding, 197. 



" in-and-in, 204. 

 Broth for bitches in pup, 235. 



" important elements in, 11. 

 Brushes for grooming, 117. 

 Buttermilk, 31, 162. 



Cabbages, 37, 62. 



Carbolic acid and balsam, 183, 



" " the crude, 134. 



Carbolic soaps, 137. 

 Carrot, 37. 

 Castor-oil, 339. 

 Chaining, 97. 

 Cod-liver oil, 60, 165, 168. 

 Colic, treatment of, 289. 

 Comtjs, dangers in, 118, 169. 

 Condition when right, 79. 

 Conditioning for shows, 147. 



" the coat, 166. 



Constipation before whelping, 241. 



" vegetables in, 37. 



Cooking, effects of, on meat, 22. 

 Corn cakes, 44. 

 Com meal, cooking of, 44. 



" " effects of, on toys, 43, 71. 



Com meal, food value of, 42. 



" " proper way to use, 43. 

 Cracklings, 25. 

 Crates, 177. 

 Crown soap, 173. 



Dandelion, 2,'- 



Deformities obviated by feeding, 57. 



" in puppies, 293. 



Dew claws, 302. 

 Diarrhoea, 164. 



" food remedy for, 62. 



" from worms, 317. 



Dietary for bitches in pup, 238, 

 " for puppies, 49. 

 " general, 65. 

 Diet, far-reaching effects of, 16. 

 " first after weaning, 52. 

 " force of habit on, 4. 

 " for whelping mothers, 255. 

 " general remarks on, 5. 

 " influence of exercise on, 7, ti. 

 " the natural, 3. 

 " variability of effects of, 13. 

 Diet table for conditioning, 156. 

 " " for mature dogs, 71. 

 " " for puppies, 58. 

 " " for toys, 68, 159. 

 Digestion, peculiarities of, 10. 

 Disinfectants, 193. 

 Distemper, 182. 



" dangers of, at shows, 145. 



Docking, 301. 

 Dog biscuits, 47. 

 Dog power, 149. 

 Dog shows, 143. 

 Drinking water, 109. 

 Drugging, dangers in, 152. 



" with cathartics, 241. 



Earliest puppyhood, 281. 

 Eczema, remedy for, 183. 

 Eggs, 31. 



Egg shampoo, 172. 

 Exercise, 93. 



" amount of, required, 104. 



" effects of excess of, 106. 



" consequences of denial of, 95. 



" during gestation, 229. 



" for stud dogs, 107, 



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