PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION ISSUED IN 1897. 



I have written this book to supply a long-felt want and furnish to dog owners 

 and dog lovers what its name implies "Everything About the Dog." I am not a 

 veterinary surgeon, but have had dogs since I was a boy always loved them and, 

 having had over thirty-five years' practical experience in breeding and treating sick 

 dogs, I feel that I can say, without being accused of egotism, that I know of what 

 I am writing, and with the main object of the work being my sincere desire to do 

 good to dogs, I have been very careful not to recommend or advise any remedy or 

 treatment that I do not believe is safe and good. 



During twenty years' residence in Cincinnati I have gone to see and treated 

 hundreds of dogs, and when not called in too late have in every case either helped 

 or cured the patient. A good part of this was done for charity no, not charity, but 

 for the sake of my best friend and your best friend the dog. My reward and 

 pay in full was by the sick dog, in the grateful look of thanks and love that he gave 

 me from his eyes a dog's way of talking a language so well understood by all 

 dog lovers. 



I've aimed in this work to make it a practical, common-sense sort of a book; 

 a plain and easy talk with you, leaving out medical terms and writing the pre- 

 scriptions not in Latin, but in plain United States, so that all can understand 

 them. The diseases, their causes and remedies, are given sufficient attention to 

 warrant the statement that this book will complete the information of the fancier, 

 and to a novice will be a perfect vade mecum. 



Many of the prescriptions are worth their weight in gold. Some of them, now 

 made public property for the first time, are of untold value, and have saved the life 

 of many a dog. Some of these cures are not my own, but I have used most of 

 them, and know that they are good. Some are taken from books on the diseases 

 of the dog by various authors, as I have read and studied all of the best authorities 

 on the subject, and here in this little book you get a pile of knowledge for a small 

 bit of money and the benefit of many years of practical experience. My reward is 

 not (so much in the returns from the sale of the book as in the satisfaction I shall 

 feel in knowing that if you are guided by its teachings, and follow carefully the 

 directions, I will have done a lot of good for the noblest animal that lives, and the 

 best and most faithful friend that a human being can have THEIR DOG! 



Faithfully yours, for the dog, 



AL. G. EBERHART. 



CARD. 



I AM A VERY BUSY MAN IN DOGS. 

 My mail is heavy and my time valuable. 



Should contain as I have tried to make it alj 

 necessary information and which I hope you will 

 find in it, by a careful perusal but if you don't so find and deem it necessary 

 to write me as to any special case, such letters must be accompanied by an 

 enclosure of One Dollar to receive attention. This course is rendered 

 necessary to justify me for time spent. You SHOULD find in the Dook, 

 advice and treatment for every case of a sick dog and I hope you will if 

 not, then write. 



AL. Q. EBERHART. 



