To the Reader 



The letterpress of this book makes no pre- 

 tence of competing with the excellent works 

 that are already in existence, its object 

 being to afford some help and interest to 

 the thousands who keep one or two dogs as 

 workers or as pets, or to the more limited 

 number who may contemplate getting to- 

 gether a kennel for purposes of exhibition. 

 From the questions that are frequently 

 reaching me, I have come to the conclusion 

 that many will be grateful for advice upon 

 the common ailments from which dogs are 

 liable to suffer, free from unnecessary techni- 

 calities, together with some observations 



