THE MANAGEMENT 



AND 



DISEASES OF THE DOG, 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 



FOOD, KENNEL ARRANGEMENT, 



EXERCISE, ADMINISTRATION OF jMEDI- 

 WASHING, CINE, 



GROOMING, NURSING. 



FOOD. 



How much evil accrues from the want of a proper system 

 and, in many cases, knowledge of administering food and of 

 the kind requisite, it is impossible to say. That many of the 

 diseases to which the canine species are subject, and espe- 

 cially of the digestive organs, are due to ignorance and neglect 

 of this subject, is no exaggeration. 



The organism of the dog is peculiar : his digestive powers 

 are undoubtedly great, but the process by which digestion is 

 accomplished is slow. Hence, he does not require more than 

 one, or, if in full exercise and work, two substantial meals 

 per day. The food should be plain, wholesome, nutritious, 

 and, as far as possible, compatible with the circumstances 

 under which the animal exists. 



Sugar, buttered bread, hot toast, mufifin, preserves, fancy 

 biscuits, tea, sweetmeats, and such like, are items never in- 

 tended to enter a canine bill of fare. And yet how often is 



