576 
FOREST AND STREAM 
November, 1917 
THE KENNEL MART 
SPRATT’S 
TERRIER 
BISCUITS 
Are specially prepared for Terriers and other active dogs. 
These cakes make bone and muscle—thus insuring the 
true terrier qualities of energy and action. 
Write for samples of our various Dog Foods 
and send stamp for (< Dog Culture** 
SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED 
NEWARK, N. J. ; San Francisco ; St. Louis ; Cleveland ; Montreal 
Factory also in London, England 
“USE PERFECTION DOG 
FOOD AT OUR EXPENSE” 
Since we began making this offer our busi¬ 
ness shows an increase of over 10,000 pounds 
' a month—a 10.000 pounds a month increase 
in about four months; in other words, out of 
the hundreds of new customers there was 
but one that owned dogs that would not eat 
our food, which you know as a breeder, is 
“going some." Dogs, like people, do not all 
like the same food and when you can buy a 
food with an average equal to the above, you 
better stock up. Our offer is: first order— 
use 25%, and if not absolutely satisfied, 
send it back—we will refund your money in 
full and pay the return freight. We have 
hundreds of satisfied customers in all parts 
of America. 
PRODUCTS AND PRICES 
Perfection Ready-to-use Dog Food, $5.00 per I 
100 lbs. $4.75 in 500 lb, lots. 
Tliis product is made principally of wheat 
and corn cereals, from the big cereal mills 
here the best meat we can buy, nothing but 
what is pure and wholesome, all prepared, 
cooked and ready to feed, moistened or dry. 
A perfectly balanced ration, good for all 
breeds, young or old. They will like it and 
■ thrive on it. 
(“Looks and smells good enough to eat.” 
our customers say.) 
Perfection “All Meat” Dog Food, $8.00 per 
100 lbs. $7.75 in 500 lb. lots. 
Cooked clean, and over 75% protein, a 
bone and muscle builder - , good to have as a 
change. 
Perfection Ready-to-use Puppy Food, $6.00 
per 100 lbs. Order Today or Write for 
Catalog. 
PERFECTION FOODS CO., Inc. 
Successors to Perfection Dog Food Co. 
31 Perfection Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 
Factory, Battle Creek, Mich. 
Oorang Airedale 
Terriers 
The 20th Century 
All - Round Dog 
Choice Stock for Sale 
Six Famous Oorangs at Stud 
OORANG KENNELS 
Dept. H. La Rue, Ohio 
Pointers 
and 
Setters 
GEO. W. LOVELL 
MIDDLEBORO, MASS 
Telephone, 29-M 
The Blue Grass Farm Kennels 
OF BERRY, KENTUCKY 
offer for sale Setters and Pointers, Fox and Cat 
Hounds, Wolf and Deer Hounds, Coon and Opos¬ 
sum Hounds, Varmint and Rabbit Hounds, Bear 
and Lion Hounds also Airedale Terriers. All 
dogs shipped on trial, purchaser alone to judge 
the quality. Satisfaction guaranteed or money 
refunded. 60-page, highly illustrated, interesting 
and instructive catalogue for 10c. in stamps or 
O'MTl. 
A FTER a dog has been thoroughly 
broken, then the whip can be used 
to advantage in certain cases. In all 
instances of evidently wilful disobedience 
I use the lash, and smartly too (since one 
good flogging is far more effectual then, 
and saves a dozen slight ones). At the 
same time I watch my dog critically, and 
never allow castigation to go beyond the 
limit of reasonable punishment, lest I 
awaken an angry, obstinate resistance to 
my will, that either induces sullenness or 
develops a sly cunning by which the dog 
tries to get his own way the moment he is 
at liberty. Before I let the dog go I talk 
to him, but more in the tone of warning 
than reproof, and finally send him off with 
a gravely spoken caution, and as soon as 
I see that he is trying to make up for his 
fault by good work, I encourage him by a 
pleasant, cheerful word that places us 
again on a sympathetic basis. 
I never go into the field with a broken 
dog without having my whip in my pocket, 
since, as I have said, - circumstances may 
arise where it is really needed, but I fre¬ 
quently avoid its use for an entire season 
by what I deem only proper vigilance. By 
this I mean watching my dog carefully at 
all times, never taking my eye off him if it 
can be avoided. By such watchfulness I 
can tell the moment when he strikes a 
trail, and if he appear in the least careless 
or excited, I can by a word check him and 
prevent the commission of a graver fault 
deserving the lash. This gives me the 
most perfect control over my dog, since 
he soon learns that he is constantly under 
my eye, and that the slightest fault will 
be instantly detected; nor is such super¬ 
vision difficult, as by practice it has become 
so habitual as to be almost involuntary. 
Besides the advantage it gives in handling 
the dog, it keeps me constantly on the 
alert, and prevents my being surprised by 
a wild bird rising unexpectedly, and per¬ 
haps escaping unshot at. 
I HAVE always found myself well repaid 
by treating my dogs like reasoning and 
reasonable beings. I cannot pretend to 
say to what extent their perceptive or ap¬ 
preciative faculties go, but I know that 
with animals of a high order I can appeal 
to them by exhibitions of feeling far more 
effectually than I can by severity. I never 
punish a dog for a blunder; the best will 
sometimes commit mistakes; and I have 
yet to see the broken dog that does not 
recognize his error as soon as I do myself. 
In such cases I simply say a word of 
warning quietly, yet gravely, as I would 
speak to a person, and I find that the dog 
goes off with an air of mortification which 
he does not lose till by careful work he 
finds and points his bird; then as he brings 
it dead to my hand his manner indicates 
clearly that he expects me to be pleased 
with him, an appeal that I never allow to 
pass ungratified by both a word of com¬ 
mendation and a look of approval. In a 
short time the dog learns to study my face, 
and respond to a smile or a frown with a 
joyous or dejected air, that betrays a men¬ 
tal condition working as effectually in my 
interest as the severest application of the 
whip reposing idly in my pocket. 
Finally I recommend all who desire per¬ 
fectly broken and easily controlled dogs to 
make companions of them. 
