table of contents. 
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CHAPTER IL 
Choice of Sire and Dam in Breeding.— Age to Breed.— Time of Year to Breed.— Manage- 
ment of Bitch in Season. — Duration of Heat. — Management of Bitch in Whelp. — 
Whelping. — Care of Whelps. — Weaning. — Feeding. — Training of Pointers and 
Setters.— Training of Spaniels.— Training of Hounds.— Training of Vermin Dogs.— 
To Prevent and to Break from Gun Shyness.— Hunting a Bitch While in Whelp 520 
CHAPTER III. 
DISEASES OF DOGS AND THEIR TREATMENT. 
Treatment of Asthma.— Bronchitis.— Common Cold.— Influenza.— Pleurisy.— Pneumonia. 
— Consumption. — Rheumatic Fever. — Distemper. — Inflammation of the Stomach. — 
Inflammation of the Liver. — Inflammation of the Bowels. — Mange.— Canker of the 
Ear. — Fleas and Lice. — Chorea, or Jerks.— Fits. — Worms. — Rickets, or Large Joints. — 
Tumor and Cancer. — Puerperal Fits. — Protracted Labor. — Sprains. — To Harden Ten- 
der Feet. — Rabies, or Hydrophobia 629 
PART XIII. 
GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS, BIRDS, AND PET STOCK. 
CHAPTER I. 
PIGEONS, BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT. 
Building the Loft. — Perches for Pigeons. — Food for Pigeons. — Popular Vari- 
eties of Pigeons. — Diseases of Pigeons 54 
CHAPTER II. 
CAGE BIRDS. 
Canaries. — Breeding Canaries. — The Mocking Bird. — The Bullfinch. — The 
Cardinal Grosbeak, or Red Bird. — The Linnet. — The Blue Bird. — The 
Nightingale.— Tho Starling.— The Thrush.— The Black Bird.— Ring Doves. 
Parrots 56 ij 
CHAPTER III. 
RABBITS AND PET STOCK. 
The Belgian Hare.— Lop-Eared Rabbits.— Angora Rabbits.— Himalayan Rab- 
bits. — English Rabbits. — Guinea Pigs. — Ferrets. — The Angora Cat 571) 
