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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. Slj 1892. 



KENNEL FOR A SINGLE DOG. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



What shall I do with my pointer dog? He was a year old 

 on Christmas Day, was a present to me in August last, and 

 is of gilt-edge breeding. When I got him I immediately or- 

 dered from Forest and Stream "Training vs. Breaking," 

 by Hammond, and worked him all fall according to that 

 code. I am very proud of my success, or else have gotten an 

 exceptionally smart dog. I have not missed an opportunity 

 to take him out in company with all the well bred and well 

 broken setters and pointers that came in my way and money 

 would not exchange him for all' the dogs I've seen (thanks 

 to Hammond); but now that the season is over I am all at sea 

 as to what to do with him and best to care for him during 

 the winter. Hammond says to have a dog house and yard 

 broken and always keep your dog in his yard, only when out 

 for exercise, but there he stops, does not say how' large the 

 yard should be nor how best to inclose same, nor does he 

 say how the house should be built, nor what size for a single 

 dog. Our winter weather is winter and no fooling either, 

 anywhere from ten to eighteen below zero for the major part 

 of December, January and February, while our summers 

 are just as much on the other extreme, being for weeks at a 

 time, during June, July and August, ninety and more in 

 the shade. I put in the most of last Sunday (after meetin') 

 looking over back numbers of Forest and Stream, but 

 failed to find any cuts of a dog house or any bints in rega.rd 

 to same. I found some for kennels that would house a 

 dozen dogs, but they do not fill the bill, so you see Iain still 

 on the fence. I do not want him in the house nor in the 

 barn, as he would spoil the hay for horses' use, uor do I want 

 him to run at large, and think it cruel to keep a dog tied. 

 Now if you or any of your many correspondents can and will 

 give me any pointers on the above they will be very thank- 

 fully received. Wm. H. A trek 



Fort Madison. Ia, 



DOG DOSING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I do not propose to set up as a rival of "Ashinont," but 

 there is one piece of dog doctoring that is overlooked, and 

 in many cases might work great things. Did you ever see a 

 dog "gone all wrong"? Feed him, groom him, exercise him 

 and doctor him your best, and go wrong and wronger he 

 will in spite of you. Nothing seems to agree with him, and 

 you might as well undertake to put flesh on a telegraph 

 pole. Of course the average dogman says, "His blood is all 

 wrong"— there must be something to blame the condition 

 on, and the poor blood is made to sutler for everything. 

 Now, I was "all wrong" myself once, and the old-fashioned 

 country doctor in whose hands I happened to be said that I 

 ueeded a general stirring tip. He had some pet name for it, 

 I do not remember what; but anyhow, that was the nub of 

 it— I needed a general overhauling to get a fresh start, and 

 he said calomel was the thing for that. Now, I don't like 

 dosing, particularly with such strong stuff as calomel, but 

 as I had consulted the doctor, I reasoned that it would be 

 insulting him not to do as he bid me; so I got my dose. 

 Well, it certainly did kick up a revolution, but the result 

 was that I started on the up grade and have never been that 

 way since. 



Now, about a year since, my good frieud, Mr. Bonn, of 

 Peoria, 111., was worried about his recently-imported mas- 

 tiff Ormonde, who was "all wrong," would. not thrive, and 

 a less sensible man than Mr. Bunn would have concluded 

 "his blood was all wrong" and wanted some fixing up. I 

 suggested to Mr. Bunn to consult with his physician 

 whether calomel would not be useful, and the doctor decided 

 that it certainly would not hurt the dog and was worth try- 

 ing; so Ormonde got his dose, and the ultimate result was 

 his present vigorous, healthy condition, not fatness, but 

 hardness, just what a stud dog should show. 



Now if some lunatic goes off half cock at this suggestion 

 of mine, puts a lot of calomel into his dog, and the doe; dies, 

 all 1 can say is that it is a pity that the owner didn't take 

 the dose himself, it might have helped his gall; but 1 do 

 say, that if j T our dog is "out of sorts" you ask your family 

 physician about it. and whether it seems a case, where 

 calomel might do good, and follow his advice. W. Wade. 



Hur/rON, Pa., Dec. 18. 



POINTS AND FLUSHES. 



\Fmm a Staff Ccrnrjipondenl.] 



/ CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 16.— There is not much kennel news 

 \J about Chicago or vicinity this week. The Mascoutah 

 Kennel Club's forthcoming bench show is most promising, 

 the entries at this time being far in excess of those last year 

 at the same length of time prior to the closing of the entries. 

 Valuable cash special prizes are being added where encour- 

 agement is needed. This week the club offers a kennel prize 

 of SJ5 tor beist four bull-terriers and best four dachshunde 

 respectively, and $15 for the best brace of English setters 

 under 12 months. 



The bench show features of the World's Fair have nothing 

 new, and probably will not have much that will be of inter- 

 est during several months in the future; it being too early 

 yet for other than preparatory arrangements to be consid- 

 ered. 



From several letters received, I find that there is a great 

 deal of interest in field trial rules, and that there is a desire 

 to have them more fully elaborated and improved. My 

 opinion is that the rules now in force and which are nearly 

 uniformly alike, as adopted by all the prominent clubs in 

 this country, are about as near perfect as they will be for a 

 number of years to come. 



Great improvements have been made in the rules in the 

 last two years. A great advance was made when the scale 

 of points was abolished. There never was a more plausible 

 fallacy, nor one which survived longer in field trial compe- 

 titions, than the theory of a score card, based on a scale of 

 points, and its accuracy and value in practice. It required 

 a number of years in actual practice and a great deal of 

 writing to demonstrate the simple, fact that it was an im- 

 possibility to present such complex qualities as the degree 

 of excellence of a dog's nose, his speed, style, range, obedi- 

 ence, disposition, pointing, backing, etc., in a column of 

 figures. 



After the score card was abolished in practice, the fallacy 

 of a scale of points was still retained. The scale of points 

 was quite as absurd as the score card, since it is an impossi- 

 bility to represent the values or relative values of a dog's 

 qualities in figure. 



The tendency, up to within a year ago, was to multiply 

 rules. The great trouble has be*en that there were and are 

 too many rales. The present rules could be cut down about 

 one-half without injury and with positive benefit. 



But this is digressing' from what I started to write, namely 

 about some fallacies which still exist and are quoted as 

 field trial axioms. In a copy of the National American 

 Kennel Club's Rules of 1879,$a copy of which I have, and 

 which for crudeness and obscurity of ideas, bad construction 

 and ignorance of the true principles of a competition, are a 

 lasting monument to the compilers, who were the authori- 

 ties of that day, I find the following sentence under the 

 somewhat irrelevant heading of Pointing: 



"The dogs are to be hunted in all respects as in an ordi- 

 nary day's shooting," 



As new associations came into existence and adopted rales, 

 they never failed to adopt that rule as one of the fundamen- 

 tal qualities of a field trial competition. Writers deeply 

 learned in theory and exhaustive in argument, always had 

 i hat phrase 33 a measurement of the correctness of any part 



of a competition. It was demonstrated in field trial work 

 that "an ordinary day's shooting" was difficult to follow 

 and was often ignored, but such was considered a departure 

 from the true theory. 



It is only a few days ago that I saw this same grave refer- 

 ence to "an ordinary day's shooting" in respect to the true 

 lines of conducting a field trial. An ordinary day's shoot- 

 ing in the sense in which it is applied, or a day's shooting 

 in any other sense, is no condition or part of a condition 

 under which to run a properly conducted field trial. 



In a day's shooting the hunter goes forth to kill birds, the 

 efforts of the doe being a secondary consideration, and are 

 Of no value except as a means to attain an object, namely, to 

 furnish the hunter with opportunities to shoot at birds. 



In the field trials the qualities of the dogs are of first im- 

 portance in the competition. The aim is, jor should be, to 

 display the natural capabilities of the dogs to the highest 

 advantage. The purpose is not. to go out for a day's shoot- 

 ing nor to handle a dog as in a day's shooting. With the 

 purpose of showing the dog's native capabilities in the 

 trecst possible manner, which is entirely outside of the pur- 

 pose of an ordinary day's shooting, there is a new element 

 introduced, that is, a competition. Two handlers and two 

 dogs, ail striving to attain a certain end, are unknown ele- 

 ments in an ordinary day's shooting, and ones which can 

 not be reconciled to it. With the purposes of field trial com- 

 petition so distinct from the purposes of an ordinary day's 

 shooting, and the manner of conducting a competition so 

 wholly unlike that of actual shooting, it is strange that this 

 fallacy has such a wide hold and such profound believers. 



It should be entirely eliminated from field trial considera- 

 tion. This, entirely aside from the considerations that there 

 is nothing in common in the details of the actual competi- 

 tions mentioned hereafter, is one of the natural laws winch 

 governs all competitions. For instance, in horse races, the 

 horses have the lightest of riders and the best of carefully 

 prep*ared courses for them to show their natural capabilities; 

 or there are the lightest of harnesses and wagons or sulkies, 

 so that the horse's movements are unhampered either by 

 weight or harness. Yet it would be no more absurd to re- 

 quire that the horse race should be coudueted as iu an ordi- 

 nary day's driving, than it is to apply a similar restriction 

 to the dog race. Nor does this imply the entire absence of 

 training as some seem to think. On the contrary it requires 

 the most expert and finished training if done in a proper 

 manner. The training is indispensable if thedog's qualities 

 arc exhibited in their highest form. 



It is true that there is room to improve field trial rules, 

 but, in my opinion, not so much by adding new rales as by 

 eliminating some old rulesand fallacies. All the improve- 

 ments were not met by any difficulties in the way of being 

 accepted and adopted, but there has always been a dis- 

 inclination to cast out any feature, however fallacious, if it 

 has the sanction of long usage. B. Waters. 



CHOREA IN DOGS, 



BY DR. W. MOLE, M.R.C.V.S. 



THIS is no doubt the most troublesome disease that the 

 dog is affected with, and like the same disease in chil- 

 dren, does not readily yield itself to treatment; indeed many 

 cases' take on a chronic character and seem to persist in spite 

 of all treatment. 



It is a general affection of the nervous system, and is 

 found mostly to supervene an attack of distemper, although 

 mauy cases have come under my notice after a severe at- 

 tack of catarrh or common cold. It maybe general or local, 

 and if allowed to progress without treatment generally 

 terminates in the general form, when death takes place. 

 One limb may be affected, one side or both, fore and both 

 hind; sometimes the muscles of the lower jaw and throat. 

 When the neck and throat are affected the muscular move- 

 ments are extremely violent and incessant; the head is 

 jerked up and down or from side to side, as though he would 

 shake, his head off. There is little or no sleep, and if the 

 patient does sleep it affords no permanet relief, various parts 

 of the body become bruised and abraided, sores forming 

 which are. di fficult to heal. 



In one particluar case the symptoms could scarcely be 

 distinguished from true mania, the dog would bite and 

 tear all woodwork within reach, and seem to delight in 

 throwing himself about to my horror until death put an end 

 to his sufferings. Just prior to his death he became quiet 

 and died apparently in a comatose state. In some cases 

 one foreleg or one hindleg is alone affected, in others both 

 fore and both hind may suffer, while again the lower jaw 

 and muscles of the ear are attacked. 



The chief constitutional symptoms are generally those of 

 extreme debility and lack of nutrition. The duration of an 

 attack of chorea is uncertain, but from 10 to 12 weeks seems 

 to be the average period and there are many cases that 

 make no attempt at improvement until four months elapse. 

 I have often noticed that improvement seems to be very 

 rapid when first undergoing treatment and every change of 

 weather seems to affect the animal. This has led me to be- 

 lieve that the disease is of a rheumatic type. 



ANATOMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTER. 



It has been a matter of dispute among veterinary sur- 

 geons who have given any attention to the subject whether 

 chorea has its seat in the brain or spinal cord, and the 

 result of numerous investigation seems to favor that the 

 spinal cord is the seat of the disease, and for the following 

 reasons I am of that opinion; 



1. That persistent spasm is characteristic of spinal ir- 

 ritation. 



a. Some degree of control of the movements is still main- 

 tained by an effort of will or voluntary motion. 



8. The' increased movements as the result of excitement or 

 fear. 



4. Their cessation during sleep or enforced quietude. 



The most important thing to consider uext to the question 

 of its seat is that of its close connection with rheumatism. 

 We have no means of estimating the amount of pain that is 

 present, and can only look to the general results of rheuma- 

 tism and so be enabled to trace a very close connection be- 

 tween the two diseases. 



Irish setters are notoriously delicate, nervous organiza- 

 tions and I have been able to establish clearly the result of 

 cold winds and wet, damp atmospheric conditions, to an in- 

 creased exhibition of the symptoms, for whenever the dog 

 experienced the least change of weather from a dry state to 

 a damp one the spasms were more acute and persistent. As 

 soon as the weather cleared he recovered his good spirits and 

 progressed toward recovery. From a record of a great 

 number of cases I cannot doubt but that rheumatism and 

 chorea stand in some close affinity to each other and that 

 under favorable circumstances most cases recover if suf- 

 ficient time is allowed, even without the employment of 

 drugs, and for this reason it may be described as a func- 

 tional disease due to nervous derangement. 



Treatment: From what has been said above, should my 

 ideas and observations be correct, treatment must essen- 

 tially be directed toward supporting the system and deter- 

 mining the flow of blood toward the brain and spinal cord. 



In acute cases brought before the surgeon a smart and 

 energetic blister on the head and poll will very often cut 

 short and cure the disease at once and will as often fail. A 

 seton through the poll will prove beneficial if it is not kept 

 in too long to deplete the animal. A pill containing five 

 grains of assafcetida thrice a day may be given with benefit 

 in these stages. Iron salts and cod liver oil may be given as 

 a nutrient tonic. Arsenic and iron will prove in most cases 

 beneficial. 



Chorea is chiefly and emphatically the result of neglect in 

 the treatment of distemper, and very few cases have come 

 under my notice that have not arisen from a very slight at- 

 tack of distemper when the dog recovered, as their owners 

 always say, of itself. Therefore, good nursing and the best 

 of attention to this specific complaint must always be. the 

 first factor in prevention. For my part, I believe that both 

 the duration and severity of the disease, may be controlled 

 by the judicious administration of drugs, with due atten- 

 tion to'the diet and warm housing of the animal. In connec- 

 tion with food I can specially recommend Spratts Patent 

 cod liver oil biscuits as being the best food for the prevention 

 of this complaint. 



In bringing these remarks to a close, there is one matter 

 to which I wish to particularly draw the attention of the 

 owners of valuable dogs. Do not delay a single moment in 

 commencing the treatment to build up the system, by a due 

 administration of nervine tonics, after distemper, and the 

 best combination that I have had good results from is by the 

 administration of quinine and iron combined with some 

 laxative. There is always a great difficulty in giving the 

 proper dose to varying sizes of animals, such as the dog kind, 

 and some little judgment must be exercised. As a general 

 rule, that may be safely followed within certain limits. a5gr. 

 pill to a 101b. dog; lOer. pill to a dog up to 80lbs., is perhaps 

 as good a guide as can be given without inspection of the 

 animal. Age, breed, condition, etc., ought always to be con- 

 sidered, as bulldogs and St. Bernards are large* dogs but of 

 very poor constitution under disease. 



DOG CHAT. 



THE Binghamton premium list arrived late, and we 

 find that in lieu of regular prizes the pooling system is 

 adopted. The entry fee is $1.50 and all fees will be pooled 

 and fifty per cent, thereof be divided by number of first 

 prizes and awarded for first prize. Second'prize shall be one- 

 half of first prize and third prize vhc. In view of the fact 

 that the show is held under A. K. C. rules we draw the at- 

 tention of that club to the fact that there, is no classification 

 of dogs stated in the schedule, which is altogether too happy- 

 go-lucky a style for a show held under these rules. 



Mr. Chapman, of the Glenrose Kennels, now that he is re- 

 lieved from the anxiety and troubles connected with the po- 

 sition of secretary to the N. B. C, will have more time to 

 devote to his beagle kennel, and has just issued some neat 

 stud cards and a price list for 1892, containing what seem to 

 be veritable bargains for anyone who wants one of those 

 merry little hounds. By the way we, and all the beagle 

 men with whom we have come in contact, are exceedingly 

 pleased that this gentleman has just been elected President 

 of the .National Beagle Club. As the club's first secretary 

 he has devoted both time and money to its advancement and 

 it is not saying too much when we remark that had it not 

 been for Mr. Chapman the club would not have held the 

 high position among specialty clubs it does at the present 

 day. A word of praise must also be given to Mr. Brooking 

 the retiring president,who has also done so much for the club 



So many dogs have lately been poisoned around Boston 

 that Mr. Geo. T. Angell, who is so active as President of the 

 Massachusetts S.P.C.A. in redressing the wrongs and abuses 

 to which animals are subject, has t ow offered twenty-five 

 dollars reward for evidence that will enable the society to 

 convict any person in Boston and its vicinity of violating 

 the laws of Massachusetts by poisoning dogs. 



Mr. Booth, manager for Col Ruppert's Duchess Kennels, 

 called upon us the other day with the news that the Colonel 

 has just purchased Lady Gladwin from Mr. Booth's brother, 

 of Hull, England. This bitch is a litter sister of Kingston 

 Regent, who has done considerable winning lately, and Mar- 

 qufs of Ripou, and is said to be a capital specimen. Judging 

 trom her photograph she looks as if she would do well in 

 this country; has lots of bone, size and a very taking head, 

 and stands 32in. high. Col. Ruppert is evidently giving 

 proper attention to the most important part of a kennel in 

 thus securing a number of high class bitcnes. 



"I am not versed in dog lore," says a writer in the London 

 Spec in tor, "and it may be that my love for the animal 

 makes me an ill judge of the importance- of the following 

 story; but a friend vouches for its truth, and to my mind it 

 has its importance, not from its display of jealousy, but 

 from the dog's deliberate acceptance of the undoubtedly 

 changed condition, and the clearly metaphysical character 

 of his motive. The story is this: A young man had owned 

 for some years a dog who was his coustant companion. Re- 

 cently the youug man married, and moved with his bride 

 and his dog into a house on the opposite side of the street 

 from his father's house, his own former home. The dog was 

 not happy, for the time and attentions that had formerly 

 been his were now given to the young wife. In many ways 

 he showed his unhappiness and displeasure, in spite of the 

 fact that the master tried to reconcile him and the bride to 

 win him. One day when the master came home his wife sat 

 on his knee while Jack was lying by the fire. He rose trom 

 his place, came over to the couple, and expressed his dis- 

 approval. 'Why, Jack,' said the master, 'this is all right, 

 she's a good girl,' and as he spoke he patted her arm. Jack 

 looked up at him, turned around and left the room. In a 

 moment they heard a noise, and going into the hall they 

 found Jack dragging his bed down stairs. When he reached 

 the front door he whined to be let out, and when the door 

 was opened he dragged his bed down the steps across the 

 street to his old home, where he scratched for admittance. 

 Since then he has never been back to his master, refusing 

 all overtures." 



The supplement to the English Stock-Keeper giving an 

 account ot the Queen's kennels at Windsor is an enter- 

 prising achievement, in journalism. When we say that Mr, 

 Krehl himself tells the story and the noted animal photog- 

 rapher, Gambier Bolton, "touches the button" the result is 

 easily imagined. That the dogs are superbly housed goes 

 without saying, and lucky is the dog chat basks in the royal 

 favor. Among the dogs we notice that one of the pugs is 

 sired by Penrice, that smart little pug belonging to Howard 

 Bros., of Columbus, O. 



In describing the kennels, Mr. Krehl says: "Over the 

 entrance to the kennels, carved in the stone, is the date 1841. 

 The pretty cottage stands close to the road, and behind it 

 extends the range of kennels, wherein are housed some five- 

 and-fifty dogs. Every part of the building is so bright and 

 fresh that a visitor would be inclined to think it was newly 

 erected. Along the front of the principal kennels is a tiled 

 portico, and this covered pathway is called the 'Queen's 

 verandah," for Her Majesty pleases to walk here very fre- 

 quently to inspect her kenuels, inquiring minutely into 

 everything affecting the health and comfort of the inmates, 

 and giving eaeh animal a caressing pat and kindly word of 

 recognition. This range is divided off into spacious fore- 

 vards and roomy sleeping quarters, the former measuring 

 10ft. by 12ft., and the latter 10ft. by 10ft. A wall 3ft. high 

 runs along the front of the kennels, the wall being sur- 

 mounted by a railing. Entrance doors are also boarded up 

 to the same height, consequently the small dogs cannot look 

 out; the collies of course can do so by standing on their'hind 

 legs. The yards are paved with red and blue tiles, and are 

 supplied with self -filling water troughs. The sleeping com- 

 partments are ventilated by two large, barred windows, and 

 in warm weather the massive iron doors are left wide open; 

 when they are closed the dogs can ran in and out through a 



