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FOREST AND STREAM 
February, 1918 
THE KENNEL MART 
W E cannot too strongly impress upon Dog Owners the vital im¬ 
portance of feeding their dogs a perfectly balanced ration 
containing the necessary ingredients mixed together in the correct 
proportion. 
SPRATT’S 
DOG 
CAKES 
are weight for weight equal to raw beefsteak 
and superior to it as a food for dogs. 
SPRATT’S DOG CAKES AND PUPPY BISCUITS 
are baked as only SPRATT’S can bake and there are no foods like 
them. 
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SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED 
NEWARK, N. J.; San Francisco; St. Louis; Cleveland; Montreal 
Factory also in London, England 
Pointers 
and 
Setters 
GEO, W. LOVELL 
MIDDLEBORO, MASS 
Telephone, 29-M 
Babblebrook Kennels, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
(The Kennel that is 
putting “the blazing 
soul of „ Roderigo” 
back into the Setter) 
offers the following 
sons of Mohawk IX 
in the stud: Ch. Bab¬ 
blebrook Joe, fee $50; 
Babblebrook Bob, fee 
$40; Babblebrook 
Buster, fee $25; Mo¬ 
hawk Rodfield, fee $20. Ship bitches to Pitts¬ 
field, Pa. 
'' BABBLEBROOK KENNELS 
220 Third Avenue - - - PITTSBURGH, PA. 
WANTED—Pointers and setters to 
train; game plenty. For sale trained 
setters, also some good rabbit hounds. 
Dogs sent on trial. Dogs boarded. 
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Marydel, Md. 
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THE SHOOTING DOG WINNER 
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THE WATCH-DOG 
“DOES HIS BIT” 
N OW that from every part of the coun¬ 
try young men have been called to 
the colors there are many homes 
which are unprotected, where women and 
children have taken up the burdens of the 
men. To these the idea of a watch-dog 
naturally presents itself. There have been 
many inquiries as to the necessary qualifi¬ 
cations and methods of training them. 
It is highly important that a guard dog 
should possess sufficient sagacity and intel¬ 
ligence to enable him to discern between 
friends and foes and distinguish .harmless 
visitors from questionable characters. If 
the dog is simply expected to give notice 
by barking at the approach of strangers 
one of the small breeds will prove most 
desirable, for they, as a rule, are more 
active than the larger breeds. 
For alertness terriers cannot be sur¬ 
passed. Bull terriers and collies also make 
splendid watch-dogs, but are inclined to go 
farther than merely giving alarm, and are 
always willing to take the driving away of 
tramps and strangers into their own hands. 
If the dog is expected to protect prop¬ 
erty without human assistance one of the 
large breeds, such as the Great Danes, mas¬ 
tiffs, or St. Bernards, should be selected, 
as their size is most impressive and arouses 
the fears of intruders. 
The bulldog’s reputation for ferocity 
makes him a valuable watch-dog and pro¬ 
tector, and there are few people who will 
attempt to take liberties with either the 
property or person protected by a bulldog, 
and the tramp or rogue who will ignore 
the terrier or small dog and run the risk 
of evading the mastiff or St. Bernard will 
flee at the sight of a bulldog. 
Watch-dogs are taught solely by experi¬ 
ence. They should be encouraged to bark 
at tramps or rough characters, and scolded 
if they bark at well behaved and well 
dressed strangers or people in company 
with some member of the household. A 
watch-dog will get a very good idea of 
what re expected of him by training him to 
guard different articles and not allowing 
anyone but his owner, a member of the 
family or someone with whom he is well 
acquainted to take them from him. By 
giving him different articles to guard he 
will learn gradually to extend his protec¬ 
tion over everything in the household. 
Guard dogs should not be kept chained 
any more than is necessary, and their ken¬ 
nels must be kept warm and comfortable 
in winter and cool and shady in summer, 
and they should be well fed and have an 
unfailing supply of water. Be sure and 
give them a run night and morning, but at 
other times they should be encouraged to 
stay at home. 
All dogs are so devoted to their masters 
that they require no lessons or instructions 
to protect their person. A timid lap dog 
will work itself into a frenzy of passion 
if you attempt to strike its mistress, and 
the larger breeds of dogs have no hesita¬ 
tion in resolutely hurling themselves at 
anyone that threatens their owners. If 
you are out much at night your dog will 
soon learn to exercise a protection over 
you and he can be encouraged to do so 
by making him walk close to your side 
when passing strangers and lonely places. 
