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HO USE & GARDEN 
THE POLICE DOG 
'"THOUSANDS of these dogs are 
used on both sides of the trenches 
in this terrible war to find the 
wounded and give alarm on an ap¬ 
proaching enemy, also to deliver mes¬ 
sages. Their intelligence makes them 
most valuable. How much more 
should they prove serviceable in quiet 
America under normal conditions! 
Dogs from same strain, many of 
them imported and taken direct from 
the trenches at 
PALISADE KENNELS 
EAST KILLINGLY, CONN. 
SEND FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED 
CATALOGUE SHOWIN C, THE 
POLICE DOGS AND THEIR 
PERFORMANCES. 
State House and Garden Ad, please! 
Booklet is free upon request. 
AMERICAN KENNELS 
Toy white French Silk Poodles, from 
3 pound parents. Pedigreed, small- 
estobtainable, rare Beauties,$15.00. 
Toy Maltese Terriers. Toy Black and 
Tans, Toy Yorkshire Terriers, Toy 
Boston Terriers, $15.00 up; Toy 
Pomeranians, $25.00 up; Toy Fox- 
terriers, $5.00 up; St. Bernards, 
Great Danes, Newfoundlands,$20.00 
up>; Scotch Collies, $10.00 up; 
Irish Terriers, Foxterriers, Aire¬ 
dales, English Bulls, Puppies and 
grown. Stud Dogs and Bitches in 
whelp. State wants. We ship any¬ 
where. Dept. H., TREVOSE, PA. 
BOOK ON 
DOG DISEASES 
AND HOW TO FEED 
Mailed free to any address 
by the Author 
A p?oneer ’ 8 H. CLAY GLOVER, V.S. 
Dog Remedies 118 West 31st St., New York 
A rare opportunity to 
secure a 
Beautiful Royal Siamese Cat 
The most fascinating and 
affectionate of pets 
Three litters of finest pe¬ 
digree at moderate prices 
if taken young. Illustra¬ 
ted booklet upon request. 
Black Short Haired 
Cattery 
ASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.l. Tel.l 10-M 
Batchelor’s Masterpiece 
Airedale 
Terriers 
Of the Best Possible Breeding 
MINNEWASKA 
KENNELS 
( Registered) 
Glenwood, Minn. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
If you want a real pal, 
guard, or companion for 
your children get an 
Airedale. I usually have 
husky. country raised 
puppies and grown ter¬ 
riers for sale at $20.00 
and upwards. 
Neshonshon Farm Ken¬ 
nels, Bridgeport, Conn. 
R. F. D. 52. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
From the Greatest Living Sires 
Ch. Soudan Swiveller, Ch. King Oorang 
and Gold Heels. Farm-raised, very keen, 
alert and full of vigor, with true ter¬ 
rier characteristics. Prices reasonable. 
Shipped on approval to responsible 
parties. 
The blue ribbon Airedales Goldsmith 
and Gadfly at Stud fee $15.00. 
THOMAS K. BRAY, 
232 Clark Street, Westfield, N. J. 
Phone 424-M Westfield 
" I’HE 
MIDKIFF KENNELS 
W. T. PAYNE, Owner 
For the past twenty-eight years we have 
been the largest breeder and exhibitor of 
Cocker Spaniels. 
During that time we have won more prizes 
than any other exhibitor in the United States 
or Canada. 
Our entire breeding stock, including both 
stud dogs and matrons, are the very best ob¬ 
tainable. 
Our dogs are all farm raised, insuring strong 
constitutions and rugged health, and the de¬ 
velopment of their intelligence and house 
manners receives the same careful attention 
as the maintenance of their health. 
We always have a large number on hand, 
both sexes, all ages and in all the various 
standard colors for sale. 
Also several broken and unbroken. Point¬ 
ers. Setters and Irish Water Spaniels. 
For full particulars, description and prices, address 
THE MIDKIFF KENNELS, Dallas, Pa. 
PEKINGESE 
colors, large number imported. Many 
“sleeve” specimens. All Champton bred 
and selected from the first 
Kennels of Europe and 
America. Some as low as 
$25. Write for descriptions 
and pictures. 
wMRS. H. A.BAXTER 
Great Neck. I. I.Tel. 418 or489 
Fifth Ave., Tel. 1806 Murray. 
We Have Your Dog 
It may not be the one to herd 
sheep, retrieve birds, nor clear 
the rats out of your barn. Most 
dogs are good watchers and 
companions, hut all are not 
husky enough to repel invaders 
nor act as rat killers, etc. 
But we know just where the 
right dog for you may be had. 
We are in touch with many 
good kennels. We can put you 
in touch with the right ones. 
We can tell you, not only 
where your dog may be had, 
hut the probable cost and the 
points to look for. 
Just tell us approximately 
what you want to pay, the pur¬ 
pose for which you are buying 
a dog, and any breed prefer¬ 
ence that you may have. 
By asking our co-operation now, 
you’ll have your companion as soon 
as your instructions are received, 
and your message carried to the 
proper kennels. Address 
The Dog Show 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
440 Fourth Avenue, New York 
Some Things to Think of 
Few people would conscientiously 
assert that a dog is made of cast 
iron and is invulnerable to all in¬ 
jury, but a good many act as if 
this were their belief. Unintentionally, 
perhaps, but none the less perilously 
for the dog, they subject him to 
various and sundry risks which a 
moment’s reflection would show to 
be far too serious to be run. 
A dog learns the import of any 
particular danger principally by ex¬ 
perience. Ffe does not reason to the 
extent of gauging the speed of the 
swiftly approaching motor nor of 
realizing what the car will do to him 
until too late. He will stand on the 
pavement ecstatically yapping at a 
fence-top cat while a load of bricks 
spilled from the roof above is de¬ 
scending upon his thoughtless head. 
Such dangers are beyond his ken, 
unless he has miraculously escaped 
from them in the past. The wise 
owner, then, will keep a constantly 
watchful eye open for those risks 
which only his superior intelligence 
can avert. He will never nag the 
dog with useless warnings, but in 
case of necessity he will be ready 
with the word or act which will 
swing the balance to the safety side. 
The dog has his physical as well as 
his mental limitations. In playing 
with him, never grab him by one leg 
and pull it sidewise away from the 
body; it isn’t jointed to work that 
way, and a moment’s forgetfulness 
of this fact may result in serious in¬ 
jury. Again, don’t put a dog through 
his tricks on a bare, polished floor; 
his feet gain but a poor grip on such 
a surface, and he is apt to fall and 
suffer some badly wrenched muscles. 
Proper thought for the dog’s feet 
is too often lacking. In the case of 
hunting dogs a long period of hard¬ 
ening is needed gradually to thicken 
and toughen the foot pads in prepa¬ 
ration for the shooting season. But 
many a non-hunting dog, with pads 
unaccustomed to continued rough 
work, is thoughtlessly given a long 
run over hard roads that wear down 
his feet until he goes dead lame and 
is laid up for a week. Sometimes, 
too, the pads are not examined after 
a tramp afield. On such an occasion 
they should always be searched for 
thorns, cuts, etc., for these the dog 
may not be able to take care of him¬ 
self. Burrs in his coat, caked mud, 
split toe-nails — these come under the 
general head of unmitigated nuis¬ 
ances, and the best way to eradicate 
them is to do it yourself. 
In handling puppies, it must be re¬ 
membered that their bones, joints 
and muscles are relatively soft. Few 
dogs should be required to “beg” or 
“dance” until they are ten months 
or so old, for at an earlier age it 
is unwise to subject them to the un¬ 
natural physical strain which these 
tricks demand. In teaching “lie 
down,” too, with one hand pressing 
on the pup’s loins, care must be taken 
not to employ too much force lest 
the hips or back be strained. 
These are but a few of the things 
to think of in the everyday relations 
between master and dog. They, and 
other similar ones, may be summed 
up in a few words of advice; remem¬ 
ber that a dog’s foresight is limited, 
and that often you must do his think¬ 
ing for him. 
R. S. Lemmon. 
Allies 
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of the world, quick and clever, but 
withal devoted and true, the dog for 
you is the French dog. 
Good bull puppies command fancy 
prices. Ffardy enough, once over 
the ills of puppyhood, they are the 
most trying and disappointing young¬ 
sters to raise. Fancy points do not 
appear on all the babies, and dis¬ 
temper plays havoc with such short 
faced patients, and, of course, the 
good pups, the ones with the short¬ 
est faces, are most apt to die young. 
The Important Points 
If you are picking out an English 
puppy, hunt for that sturdy little 
chap with heavily boned legs, a cobby 
body, a large fiat skull with small 
ears, a short foreface, and well 
turned-up underjaw. Remember that 
while length from eye to ear is 
greatly to be desired, still a long 
skull often means a long foreface, 
and a long foreface means a com¬ 
mon-looking bulldog. Among the 
French puppies, again find that 
chunky, little chap — not the giant 
nor yet the runt of the litter. Fie 
should have plenty of underjaw, or 
he may grow into what is slurringly 
called a “frog-faced dog,” all eyes 
and skull. He should not, however, 
be much undershot, for then his 
front teeth may show or his tongue 
may hang out of the corner of his 
mouth. If his skull is about square 
(as long as it is wide) with ears 
placed on the rear corners, and if 
his eyes while large are not bulging 
“pop-eyes,” and if his nose is short 
and broad, then you can reasonably 
expect him to have, when grown, 
the true, attractive French type. 
Color does not count for so much 
in the English variety, though most 
people prefer a dark brindle or a 
white with brindle markings; but in 
the French breed dark brindle, with 
possibly a dab of white on his 
breast, is the orthodox coloring. A 
white Frenchie with brindle spots is 
ground for suspicion of English 
blood. 
