Your Dog and Your Cat 



great rapidity or if an excessive quantity is accumu- 

 lated, the system becomes sluggish. As a result, the 

 elimination of waste products is retarded and diges- 

 tion becomes inactive/ When in this condition the 

 animal becomes readily susceptible to disease. If on 

 the other hand the nutritive material is expended in 

 energy such a condition will not develop. Thus to 

 avoid it in inactive animals, exercise must be sup- 

 plied. To provide opportunity for exercise is the 

 hardest part of the care of the apartment-house dog. 

 In the city the street is about the only available place 

 where the dog can exercise. 



Street — Harness. — Where the dog is to be taken 

 into the street for his exercise he should be fur- 

 nished with a harness or collar, a leader and a 

 muzzle. A harness which fits over the shoulders 

 and chest is much more comfortable than a collar, 

 though not as safe. It is suitable only for the 

 small dogs because the large, strong dogs, such as 

 the collie, pull so hard that the harness, which fits 

 over the shoulders like the collar on a horse, does 

 not give sufficient purchase to control the animal 

 should he desire to get away. For these larger 

 dogs a collar fastened about the neck is much 

 safer. As the dog pulls, the pressure of the collar 

 on his throat tends to shut off his wind and forces 

 him to slow up. The disadvantage of this is that 

 the constant irritation caused by such pressure on a 

 tender throat will induce a cough which oftentimes 

 becomes chronic, if the irritation is continued. The 



