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or at least during the warmes't part of the day, say from 11:30 to 2:30, and if a 

 few txg bones were given them they would keep on the move and there need 

 be no fear of colds. Light and air are absolutely necessary to all creation, and 

 puppies, like men, cannot thrive without either; therefore if they are to be suc- 

 cessfully reared at all times of the year they must have a plentiful supply of 

 both, which form as large a part of their well-bei-ng as food. 



DOGS BARKING AT PEOPLE PASSING. Here is another very bad habit that dogs 

 get into generally their owner's fault, and not the dog's, because if when the dog 

 first began this it had been then corrected, this bad habit would have been checked. 

 Don't allow your dog to run out and bark at any person or vehicle passing. When 

 it does so, get your whip and give the dog caught in the act a whipping, and 

 you can soon break him of it. Aside from the annoyance to people it is danger- 

 ous for your dog, as in running and barking at a team he is liable to get in front 

 and get run over, hurt or killed. Dogs must be made to behave, as all dogs 

 should do. 



FIGHTING DOGS. I am a lover of any and all kinds of SPORT that is legit- 

 imate and not cruel. If two men want to fight all right th-ey know just what 

 they are doing, and what to expect, and the one that gets licked can stop when 

 he has to and be "counted out." / draw the line of sport at dog fighting, a 

 brulal sport (?) it is, and the man who will allow his dog to fight is, just not' 

 a man, and not near as good as the commonest cur dog that ekes out a miserable 

 existence a to be pitied homeless and friendless wanderer on the streets. I 

 breed Bull Terriers, that would rather fight than eat, if they had been starved 

 a month, but never are the% allowed to fight if I can prevent it, and I generally 

 can. I decline to sell if I know dog is to be used for fighting, as I would not 

 knowingly sell a dog for this purpose for a thousand dollars. I take this oppor- 

 tunity right here to advise any one who wants a fighting dog to save their 

 postage stamps and not write to me for a bull terrier if they want it for fight- 

 ing purposes. Pure bred bull terriers are seldom used for this purpose, however, 

 as the persons who want "pit dogs" are the kind that are not willing to pay for 

 a genuine and well bred specimen. The mixed breeds used for this are commonly 

 called ''Bull Dogs," a misnomer, as a genuine bull dog is never a fighting dog. 



THE DOGLESS BOY. 



"But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, 

 The first to welcome, foremost to defend, 

 Whose honest heart is still his master's own, 

 Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone." 



BYRON. 



Boy is used here in a generic sense, for the love of animals, and especially 

 dogs, is not confined to either sex. We do not think a boy was ever born who, 

 if "entered" properly, would not love a dog when given the opportunity. There 

 seems to be some affinity between children and dogs. The selfish cat may be a 

 family pet, but its horizon of affection is usually filled with a warm fireside and 

 a saucer of milk and the claws within the velvet are typical of its nature; uncer- 

 tain of temperament and cruel even in its seeming play. Not so the dog. It 

 matters not whether his lineage proclaims him a blue blood or a mongrel, there 



