The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15

derstands. and Is merely obstinate, or WI
fully disobedient- Then give him a sound
thrashing with a proper dog-whip. Never
KICK dog. or throw stone at him, or
take club 10 him. These things are
bound to bruise, and sore muscles cannot
do good work.
Never work dog with collar on him.
by this lmean broken dog. for. of course,
some device of training collar may proper
y re worn during preparatory work.
These who run dog hard through cover
appear TO forget that collar Is an ex-
ASPIRATION and frequently grave dam
ger Think of trying to force your way
through tangle of stuff while wearing
some fool-strap or chain so placed on you
that it Is bound to catch half the twigs
that may rake you. A collar on working
dog catches In things, and, worst of all,
may hang him outright If it fouls any
thing while he is getting over a fence or
working on top of brush heap. Remem-
Der that a dog hung by his collar cannot
very well give tongue or signal his pre-
dicament and dog so hung up may be-
come dead dog while you are blowing
whistle or striving to locate him upon
some point. Don't imagine that the dog
does not understand all about the collar.
You take it off him just before starting
him ranging, and notice the glad. free
movement ard dash he VIII show.
The nearest approach to a collar which
wise men allow their dogs to wear in the
field is a weak string, SO weak that it will
peither hang nor hold the dog. To this Is
attached small bell-one from a string
of cid sleigh-bells win answer first-rate.
This is an excellent device for work on
cock in tall corn. The green stuff will not
break the cord. so the dog in not liable
TO lose his bell unless at fence No
matter how dense the corn may grow, the
tink1e of the little bell will tell where the
dog is. When the sound ceases, the dog Is
So l. 90 @tx,f a.,I 4,
he looked for near where the bell was
last heard. If he should lose the bell.
it Is only trif1ing matter
/ A dog. nationally treated, should do first
class work at the opening of the season
and be able to stand several hours of it
without distress. Don't run him too long
without water. Allow him to get into the
water up to his ears If he wants to. A dog
sveats through his mouth, but rea-
sorable soaking in cool water Is as re-
freshing and as beneficial to him as 1t il
to an overheated man.
Don't work a dog for hours in marshy
ground and then make him run for miles
on hard road Too much work In the
wet Will so soften his feet that hard going
will wear the skin and lame him. Damage
dope In this way may require days Of the
best season for repairs.
Don't fancy dog Is made of steel: car
~ him in the trap when going out and re-
tCrning-it Is better to have him a bit
too full of energy than leg-weary before
the day is done.
Don't carry food for a dog out for one
day Feed him all he will eat the even
ing before, give biscuit or a bit of bread
before starting, and a trif1e from your
own lunch at nidday-but nothing like a
meal. Give him all the water he wants.
Don't fail to examine his feet, and, IL he
be setter, to take every bur off him be-
fore feeding. Then give him all he will
eat, leave fresh water within his reach
and the chances are he will sleep the
night through and be fresh as paint in the
morning.
If you are out for few days and must
isleep in strange quarters, let your dog, II
possible, sleep on the floor of your room
lie viii be perfectly content there and
viii get his needed rest. If chained in a
strange place. he may fret half the night
he may get away and be lost, or he may
be stolen. Thieves steal dogs when shoot
ling is good,
E. W. SANDYS.