INFORMATION REGARDING DOGS- 208 



the purpose of keeping her and the puppies penned up. Puppies that I sell as 

 "kennel broke" are veiT easy to house-break. Treat all your puppies for worms 

 soon after they are weaned, as then the worms begin to be dangerous. In some 

 cases as young as five and six weeks is necessary. Worms kill more dogs than 

 all other diseases combined; but this you will find carefully treated and remedies 

 given under the heading of "WORMS" in another part of this book. To house- 

 break older dogs, follow the same plan, only a little more severe. 



SHADE IN KENNEL YARDS. Fortunate are the dogs in a kennel during torrid 

 weather, if well provided with shade trees. Nothing would appear to please a dog, 

 especially a terrier, so much on a hot day, as to burrow into the cool earth. If this 

 can be allowed without damage to property by all means let the dogs make their 

 own cool earth nests. If appropriate shade is not afforded naturally it iis well to 

 build a lean-to or a square, flat, shed-like structure, as low to the ground as the 

 height of the dogs will allow. They should be able to stand up under it. This 

 will throw a shady spot at all times of the day and if a trench is dug in the earth 

 on a line with the edges of the roof a dry spot for the dogs to lie in when it 

 rains or the ground is wet will be afforded. 



GUIDE AS TO PROPER SIZE DOSES OF MEDICINE FOR DOGS. In many cases your 

 druggist or family physician would know what remedy to prescribe for your dog, 

 but would not know how much of the medicine to give a dog. 



Let them be guided by the following: A proper sized do&e of medicine for the 

 largest breeds of dogs may be given the same as if for a man. We will take the 

 St. Bernard, Great Dane, or Mastiff, as requiring a dose we will call one part; 

 middle sized dogs like a setter or pointer can be given from a half to three- 

 quarters as much as a St. Bernard, while a dog like a fox terrier, a third; a dog 

 the size of a pug, a quarter; and smaller toy dogs, from one-eighth to a twelfth 

 part. 



In regard to age; the matured dog, one part; a year old, three-quarters; six 

 to nine months, half; and at four to six weeks, one-eighth. This is Dalziel's idea, 

 and he is the first one to furnish a guide that I know of. I have had doctors 

 bring their clogs to me to treat, and tell me that they really did not know how 

 much to give the dog of the remedy that they knew was required in the case. 



PREPARING FOR SHOWS. (By Harry W. Lacy, in American Stock-keeper.) 

 "The preparation of dogs for shows is a matter upon which we are often asked for 

 advice, and in view of the season which will soon be here for fall and winter 

 shows a few lines will perhaps be appreciated. The most notable feature of 

 the inquiries made about this subject lies in the obvious fact that the aspirants 

 to exhibition fame do not realize the necessity for preparation until the time has 

 gone by for doing any real good; then at the eleventh hour there is wild excite- 

 ment about matters that ought to have been foreseen and arranged weeks, perhaps 

 months earlier. A dog needs to be put through some sort of training course just 

 as an athlete does; and unless he is initiated into the proper methods of deport- 

 ment he is not likely to find favor in the eyes of the judges, reporters or public. 

 To some extent a dog intended for exhibition is public property, and the public 

 who pay to come and see him ought to have him exhibited to them in the best 

 condition and with the best manners possible, says Our Dogs. 



How can a dog be taught to look his best? Well, chiefly by being kept in good 

 conditions by careful dieting, and particularly by regular exercise. Keep his 

 blood flowing freely through his veins keep him alert ready for his meals, well- 



