EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



id the bad of dog shows. To ship your dog to any show, and trust it to 

 the care of show attendants to feed, water and exercise is simply a case of 

 cruelty to animals, inexcusable in the owner of as noble an animal as his dog, and 

 I pity all such dogs I see at a show. . V 



Having superintended dog shows, I know that it is almost impossible to hire 

 attendants that will properly do their duties, being as they are, a lot of fellows 

 who take the job because they "are out of work" chronic in their cases due to 

 their worthlessness, etc. 



The premium lists always read that "all dogs will be fed } watered, exercised 

 and returned promptly" signed by 'the superintendent, whieli is meant all right, 

 and if this one man, the superintendent, could do the work of a hundred men, 

 your dog might then be properly or better cared for -but entrusted to the care 

 of attendants it is not, unless you have a good handler engaged. At every show, 

 no exceptions, I see many a poor dog that is never taken off his bench for exer- 

 cise or to attend to nature's calls, and while he may get a drink or two and have 

 some dog biscuit wet with plain water shoved at him to eatjust stop and realize 

 what a hard and cruel time he is having at the show and dont 'wonder that he 

 comes home .sick and in many cases a "dead dog" the result. These are plain, cold 

 tacts and can't be disputed. Aside from the cruel part, it is as essential to have 

 your dog well shown when judged, as it would be to have your horse well 

 driven in a race if you expect to win. Dogs sent unaccompanied by a handler, 

 are yanked or pulled into the ring by an attendant, a stranger to the dog, and the 

 result accordingly, in almost every instance. During the many years I have 

 shown dogs, I have rarely had a dog sick afterward as the result of being at a 

 show. The reason is this: 



I go to shows on the same train with my dogs, water and care for them 

 en route, if a "lay over," so do 1 and the dogs are taken care of as they deserve. 

 At the show, every dog in my string is taken off his bench for exercise four to 

 five times daily, fresh water kept in stall, bedding kept clean and changed, bowels 

 watched when out for exercise (which if wrong, proper treatment given), and 

 instead of trusting them to eat the dog bread moistened with water, which so 

 many are not used to and will refuse to touch, every dog in my string is fed morn- 

 ing and night with beef and mutton, which I buy and have cooked daily. Their 

 health is looked after and if any signs of sickness, proper remedies administered. 

 Every dog at a show should receive such care. You can't do too much for your dog. 

 and if you will arrange with some good handler and are willing to pay him a fair- 

 price for proper care, you need never have a sick dog as the result of showing him. 



I shall be glad to arrange with you on reasonable terms to handle your dogs 

 at this or future shows and wish to impress it on you that while your dog is with 

 me it will be considered and treated as my own, which means that it could not be 

 in better hands. 



I am prepared to receive and condition dogs at my kennels in advance of 



