MISCELLANEOUS EECIPES 



Bad Breath 



Give in the dog's dinner for a week as much bicarbonate 

 of potash as will lie on a threepenny-piece, and twice a 

 vfeek give half a Bragg's charcoal biscuit, and see the teeth 

 are all right, and sponge the teeth with a soft piece of 

 sponge soaked in a very weak mixture of Condy's fluid 

 and water. 



Bites 



Many people are bitten by dogs when very few need be. 

 It is a bad plan to meddle with dogs who do not know 

 you. I have seen people poke a strange dog with a stick, 

 or push it with a foot, and jDerhaps the dog will snap or bite. 

 Why do this ? 



Not once in ten thousand times does a dog molest any- 

 one who minds his own business, no matter however crabbed 

 the dog may be. If anyone is obliged to approach and 

 touch a dog, it must be done properly, which is, ' put out 

 your hand easily and confidently to the dog so that he 

 may smell it ; put it to his nose. If he sniflTs at it, and 

 wags his tail and shows friendship, then speak to him and 

 pat him on the head ; but if the dog remains sullen and 

 passive, the sooner the hand is moved the better.' Never 

 approach a strange dog with nervousness or menace ; but, 

 of course, the best way is not to interfere with strange 



dogs. 



Fop a Cold 



Three drops of friar's balsam in half a teaspoonful of 

 water twice a day. 



