THE DOG 



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dangerous to man. They must absolutely be cleaned at once, and preferably with a dism- 

 prevented from licking plates and dishes used fectant. Besides dust and dirt the hair of 

 in the kitchen, or any utensil used for waslniig a dog frequently hides vernnn, but if he is 

 the facc\ especially that of a ehilel. After each cleaned daily he will have few or none, 

 vermifuge a dose of castor c 

 be given, in a quantity propi 

 tioned to the size o 

 animal, beginning wi 

 a teaspoonful and in- 

 creasing until the 



maximum of a table- ; 



I. 



spoonful is reached, j 



Here is another 



piece of s e r i o ti s 



advice to those who 



have young dogs 



never fatten them. The 



Chinese and some tribes 



negroes in Guinea consider dog 



flesh a delicacy, but as long as it 



HlC OUGHT XE\'HR TO 



bad to wash and bathe dogs, 

 louglT this is often done to 

 :ss. They may be 

 owed to swim from 

 ;ime tf) lime, but 

 there is a great dif- 

 ference between 

 swimming and a 

 bath for cleanli- 

 ness. A dog should 

 have a bath once a 

 Kjnth, and should 

 y then be ivet to the skin. 

 After rubbing him well with 

 soap and warm water, every particle 

 of soap must be rinsed off and the 



does not appear on the dinner lists piave too much t(.) i;.\t dog allowed to shake himself vigor- 



of America there is no c)biect in 



.)usly. He should then be dried with 



giving dogs excessive nourishment, which towels and taken on the chain for a short walk ; 

 undoubtedly shortens their lives. if this is not done he almost always takes cold. 



The care given to dogs for bench shows or else he goes and dries himself against a dirty 

 differs considerably, as we shall see later, from 

 that which they receive in pri\-ate families. 

 Among the latter external care is, unhappily, 

 so neglected that the animals finally acquire 

 skin diseases, which make them objects of dis- 

 gust to every one, and they exhale an odor 

 which is very hard to remove. All dogs which 

 a family desires to keep in good health (for 

 their own sake as well as the dog's) Bhf)ukl be 

 freed at least once a week from dust and all 

 other impurities that have collected on their 

 skin and in their hair. This ought, by rights, 

 to be done daily, and it is not a really difficult 

 matter, with leather gloves and a good brush. 

 A few strokes of the brush in the direction in 

 which the hair lies will suffice to give another 

 aspect to the coat of a short-haired dog. Long- 

 haired dogs must be combed after massage with 

 the gloved hand. The dead hair should be care- 

 fully removed. During the perif)d of shedding 

 the hair it is wise to proceed carefully, as the 

 skin is very sensitive at such times. All combs 

 and brushes used upon the animal should be A Good CoMinxf^ 



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