CHAPTER XXIV 



A FEW WORDS ABOUT GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND 

 SOME SIMPLE MALADIES, TO WHICH DOGS ARE SUB- 

 JECT, AND THEIR TREATMENT 



THESE few practical directions and suggestions are 

 not intended to take the place of the veterinary sur- 

 geon, whose skill and experience are often of the great- 

 est value in dealing with cases of a serious nature, but 

 just to give inexperienced persons some idea what to 

 do, in case of emergency; as, in all cases of illness or 

 accidents to animals, immediate treatment is often 

 most important. 



I may say that a " bond of sympathy " should ex- 

 ist between an owner or keeper, and his dogs, and 

 when this is the case, it will be much easier to deal with 

 them, either in health or sickness, but particularly the 

 latter. 



I believe- more trouble is caused by mismanagement 

 than any other cause, and that if only proper attention 

 be paid to the three cardinal points of "cleanliness, food 

 and exercise," there will not be much the matter with 

 the inmates of the kennel. 



I have, for a great number of years, kept a small 

 lot of dogs, varying in number from fifteen to fifty, but 

 although accidents will be constantly occurring with 



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