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learn to expect you. This will promote confi-. 

 dence and good feeling. 



At this time certain precautions should be 

 taken that will do much to prevent disappoint- 

 ments in the future. The high-bred dog of 

 to-day has such a sensitive nervous organization 

 that gunshyness is unfortunately common, and 

 in the mature dog very difficult to cure. It can 

 be avoided by accustoming the puppy to loud 

 noises at the time of feeding. This should be 

 done gradually. Procure a couple of old pans 

 and before feeding and while still at a distance 

 from the kennel beat them together loudly. 

 When this does. not alarm the puppy when done 

 at a distance, approach day by day a little 

 nearer, until finally he connects the noise with 

 his meals. Then begin at a distance with small 

 percussion caps, gradually approaching from 

 day to day with them, and then substitute for 

 caps the small .22-caliber cartridges, and finally 

 use small charges of powder or a large revolver, 

 until he is not alarmed at the discharge of the 

 gun. Of course, if it is seen that the dog is not 

 afraid of the gun, it will not be necessary to go 

 through all these preliminary stages, but it is 

 always well to consider the probability of gun- 

 shyness and take means to prevent it. 



DISEASES OF PUPPYHOOD. 



The most critical period of a puppy's life is 

 from the second to the sixth month, and it is at 



