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rubbed up with butter, and a little at a time of the mixture be 

 smeared over the animal's nose, he will lick it off and swallow it. 

 Powders can also be placed between thin slices of bread and butter, 

 and be so administered. If you are treating a small pampered 

 favourite, probably a little previous starvation will assist you. 



582. Should you fail in your stratagems, and force be necessary, 

 it will be best to lay the dog on his back, or place him in a sitting 

 posture between your knees, with his back towards you. In either 

 position his legs are useless to him, as they have no fulcrum. While 

 you are making him open his mouth, if you do this by forcing your 

 thumb and fingers between his grinders, you can effectually protect 

 yourself from a bite by covering them w T ith the dog's own lips any 

 powders then placed far back on the tongue near the throat must be 

 swallowed on the dog's mouth being firmly closed for a few seconds. 

 He will not be able to eject them as they will adhere to his moist 

 tongue. If given with a little dry sugar they will be the less 

 nauseous, and therefore the dog will be less disposed to rebel when 

 next you have occasion to act the part of a doctor. 



583. Castor oil is a valuable medicine for dogs ; and it is a good 

 plan to let a pup occasionally lap milk into which a little of this oil 

 is poured, as then he will not in after life dislike the mixture. 



584. I have still one very important direction to give : NEVER 

 LEND YOUR DOG. It may seem selfish, but if you make him 

 a really good one, I strongly advise you never to lend him to any 

 one not even to a brother, unless, indeed, his method of hunting 

 be precisely the same as your's. If you are a married man, you 

 will not, I presume, lend your wife's horse to any one who has a 

 coarse hand ; you would at least do it with reluctance ; but you 

 ought (I hope she will forgive my saying so) to feel far more reluc- 

 tance and far more grief, should you be obliged to lend a good dog 

 to an ignorant sportsman or to one who shoots for the pot. 



