430 With Rod and Gun in Neiv England 



Dogs, to be maintained in good health, should have an abundance of 

 exercise ; their nature absolutely requires this. Of course, the stolid bull- 

 dog needs less than the nervous collie or the fly-away setter, but they must 

 all have their run. This matter of outdoor exercise is too often overlooked 

 by owners of pampered house dogs ; they see their pets weak, languid and 

 dispirited, and at once feed them abundantly with delicacies of all sorts, 

 forgetful or ignorant of the fact that dogs, like human beings, are often 

 great sufferers from indigestion, to which disease most of their ailments 

 are owing. 



If pet dogs were less highly fed, in fact, if they were obliged to gnaw 

 a bone now and then for a living, and were given a good outdoor run every 

 day, the teeth of the animals would not so soon decay, their bodies would 

 break out less with sores, and other disgusting diseases would disappear, 

 and their lives would cease to be the burden they sometimes are. 



