INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



A Plain and Common Sense 

 Talk About 



DOGS. 



If you don't own a dog, get one, for you'll find 

 that no truer words were ever spoken or written 

 than what is said of a dog 



"MAN'S BEST FRIEND." 



When you buy a dog, get a thoroughbred, for it 

 costs no more to feed or give a home to a good one 

 than to a poor one, and you won't then have to 

 apologize for your dog when your friends see it, but 

 can feel proud in being the owner of a good speci- 

 men. Dogs have attained such a prominence, and 

 so much care has been taken in their breeding, that blood and pedigree count the 

 same as it would in buying a thoroughbred horse. Look at the great bench shows 

 given each year in all the larger cities, where thousands come daily just to see dogs. 

 Take for instance, the Annual Bench Show given every winter at the great 

 Madison Square Garden in New York City by the Westminster Kennel Club, where 

 two thousand dogs are shown at a cost of $5.00 entry fee for each dog, and wnere 

 as many as twelve thousand people daily pay their dollar for a ticket to go in and 

 eee the noble animals on exhibition. This proves that human beings are getting 

 better every day, because they now appreciate and love dogs. 



You can't do too much for dogs, and all you do for them they will repay you 

 a hundred fold. 



When you get a dog, arrange to care for it properly; provide a suitable place 

 for it to live and sleep, and especially see to it that your dog gets plenty of exercise, 

 which is as essentially necessary as food and water to keep it in health. 



When you take your dog for a walk, teach him to mind you; if he run too 

 far ahead, call him back, and never allow him to cross over the street ahead of you, 

 as any dog is liable to do should he see another dog on the other side. A dog's 

 Judgment is faulty as to how quick he can get over in front of a car coming, and 

 when hr> sees the other dog he forgets all this and don't see or hear the electric car 

 or milk wagon that is rapidly coming up or down the street. Many a dog has been 

 killed this way, even when out with his master or mistress, because they were not 

 watching out for tj-eir dog. When you come to a street crossing, look and see if 

 any car or wagon is coming; stop a second, see that your dog is behind you and 

 that it fctops; then, if the coast is clear say "All right, come on, Jack!" Your dog 

 can soon be taught to follow and mind you. The writer has for years past taken 

 out from fifteen to twenty dogs at a time every afternoon for a walk on the streets 

 of Cincinnati, and all under such control that by the crack of a whip they would 



