Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-12
That Made Milwaukee Famous.

in small scraps; then take off the lead
when you have done. Try this again
the next day, and when he has been so
accustomed to the lead as to race
about with it on, take hold of it and
feed him as before the walking hour
If he balks stop at once and get him
to come naturally to You for the meat
Associate the lead with some pleasure
and not with punishment in the case of
timid dogs. Even if dogs have not all
to be shown as terriers and on the alert
like spaniels for instance, yet there is
the association of the lead with pleas
ure and the dog Is livelier.
Bear in mind that no dog should rely
on past records to win any more than
a race horse does, but ought to win on its
merits as shown and therein condition
plays a prominent part if the judging
is done by capable men in a proper
manner. Hence it behooves every
owner. particularly of a good young
dog, to show him on the first occasion
in as perfect condition as possible. 1t
is better to wait till later show,
with.
In order to do justice to the dog,
provided he has been broken to the
lead, and is bright and lively and will
show off to advantage attention must
be turned to having him in good bodily
condition. This should not be delayed
until the close of the show.
Get Rid of Old Coat
Go over the dog carefully and get rid
of any old coat that may be still on
him. An Irish water spaniel for in
stance carries a lot of dead, faded
coat and this should be removed by
combing and with the fingers 1t is
not intended in any way to advocate
the plucking of a bad coated dog, and
the imposing of a naturally woolly
coated dog by getting him in right
shape just once a year 1t is, however,
perfectly legitimate to remove the old
coat in early preparation as an assist
ance to nature. In the case of terriers
which have rough coat and yet
should not be shown shaggy, the coat
may be at its full but would not
naturally be cast for some weeks. A
collie is dog that very little can be
done for as his coat cannot be forced
to an appreciable extent. In the East
he is too long at low-water mark in
coat and if he is casting he might as
we'll be given up for a show that is in
the near future.
That is one Of the great difficulties
connected with the showing of long
coated dogs in all sections of the
country. With smooth terriers point
ers and Great Danes this difficulty does
not exist as it is simply a question
of putting them in bodily condition.
Plenty of Exercise
The matter of the first preparation of
the coat having been attended to, 1t
is a good plan to give the candidate
an aperient. 1t will do no harm if
this takes the form of a vermifuge,
serving the double purpose of clearing
the system together with getting rid
of intestinal parasites which are a fruit
full source of annoyance in conditioning
dogs. After that comes the daily work
of grooming, giving plentty of exercise
and feeding well. The exercise will
give a good appetite and 1t is more adj
visabIe to respond to this by more
liberal allowance of meat than to give
more food in the dish. Dogs that are
supposed to work or to be fit to race
have to be shown with good hard
muscles hence we have more faith in
the playful half-hour OF sharp running
when liberated from the shutup kennel
than in the dawdling about all day in
the kennel yard in the belief that the
latter is muscle building exercise. This
applies also to the prolonged road walk.
ing on the lead. There is a good dea'
artificial in all this, but 1T is no more
artificial than any preparation for a
competition and 1t is the neglect ofl
this preparation which has caused
many an avoidable defeat.
II sometimes occurs that dog de-