10 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



all stop at a crossing, and a second crack and say "Go!" over they flew, and enjoyed 

 It, too. With only one dog for a walk no danger need ever befall him if you are 

 watching out for him as you should do. 



If your dog gets into the bad habit of running and barking at a horse, bicycle 

 or a person, break him of this at once by calling him to you there and then; scold 

 him and switch him sharply over his back any dog can soon be broken of this by 

 proper punishment at the time, or of any fault if he is punished and knows what it 

 is for. Whipping a dog after the fault does no good and is only an unnecessary 

 infliction. Whipping is not necessarily cruelty any more than it would be to punish 

 your child when it needed it, and children need it oftener than dogs do. Get a 

 rawhide, keep it handy, aud when your dog needs it give him a few sharp cuts 

 across the rump or back, which will smart and sting, and he'll remember it. Never 

 strike him over the head or kick him, which is brutal. Don't get angry yourself; 

 keep cool, for the dog can notice this the same as your child could, and the punish- 

 ment loses its effect. Your dog loves you from the first hour you have him, and 

 he'll love you none the less for a deserved punishment. 



Whipping is not necessary with all dogs, scolding answering the purpose in 

 many cases. Dogs possess so much intelligence that a good scolding, especially in 

 older ones, will do just as well, and I consider it preferable. I have dogs now that 

 act heart broken when I scold them and continue so till I again talk to them and 

 "make up" by saying, "Don't you know, Jack, that you was a very bad dog?" and, 

 "Now if you'll be good I'll forgive you, but you mustn't do so any njore." Then see 

 how happy Jack is and how he'll jump all over you for joy. >/$ 



You can reason with all dogs. The "punishment should fit the crime." and 

 therefore use judgment. When your dog deserves praise, don't be stingy about 

 giving it, but talk to him; he'll understand your words and caresses, and by his 

 actions, the loving looks from his eyes and the wag of his tail, he'll show you how 

 much he appreciates it. 



As to giving sulphur to dogs, this is an old tradition handed down from no 

 one knows where, and here is where many dog owners make a mistake. If your 

 dog gets sick your neighbor will say: "Oh, give it some sulphur." Whoever 

 invented this idea knew very little about dogs. Sulphur in its place is all right, 

 but a continual use of it to excess thins the blood, weakens the dog, and does harm 

 far more than good. Many a poor dog has been overdosed with sulphur when it 

 did not need it at all. I've heard of people keeping a lump of sulphur in the dog's 

 drinking pan, and in this case it did no harm nor any good, for you can leave a 

 lump of it in water for ten years and the dog never gets any of it, because sulphur 

 and water do not mix, and it only serves to give the water a nasty ,ta,te in the 

 imagination of the dog. Sulphur given about once a month in summer is all right 

 for grown dogs; the proper dose being for large breeds, a good teaspoonful of flour 

 of sulphur smoothly mixed in milk, to be given before breakfast; an even tea- 

 spoonful for smaller breeds. It can also be given mixed up in molasses, which 

 will, however, act more quickly as a physic. 



If you live in a flat, or have no yard so the dog can get grass, you can plane 

 some grass seed in a box and have it all the year around for your dog to eat. Get 

 the seed of the kind of grass that dogs like any seed store has it and you can 

 just as well raise and keep grass for your dog as you can raise flowers indoors. 

 Keep box sitting on floor so dog can go to it when he wants to. You provide the 

 grass, and he'll do the rest. 



