Care of the Dog 



may be put down for him at this time. The dishes 

 should be washed after each meal. 



Toilet. — For small house dogs, who attend to their 

 functions indoors, a regular place must be prsvided 

 for this purpose. A pan or paper, conveniently lo- 

 cated in either the kitchen or the bathroom, is the 

 most satisfactory arrangement. This must, at all 

 times, be accessible and, for this reason, the kitchen 

 makes the better place. An ordinary newspaper 

 will suffice and, as soon as it has been used, can be 

 thrown out. A pan filled with either sand or saw- 

 dust is often preferred but is harder to clean 

 than the newspaper, and entails more expense. 

 Where this method is used, the sand or sawdust 

 must be thrown out daily, the pan washed and re- 

 filled. When the dog uses the roof, a box of sand 

 or ashes may be placed there for him. This can be 

 changed once or twice a week and will save consid- 

 erable labor in cleaning the roof. For the dog whd 

 has a yard to run in, a small area of ground may 

 be spaded up for him. This can be respaded from 

 time to time. 



Exercise 



The maintenance of health depends upon the 

 proper digestion and assimilation of the food ma- 

 terial and the free and thorough elimination of the 

 waste products. The assimilated nutritive material 

 is either expended as energy or stored up in the 

 system as fat. If this process takes place with too 



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