Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-23
A PLEA FOR THE DOG.
Lick OF Consideration Is at the
Bottom of Most Mad Dog Scares.

LnclN of Consideration Is at the
Bottom of Most Mad Dog Scares.
The dog is having his day in the
newspapers. Some animal snaps at
chlld OF man CASUALLY, no doubt, for
cause) and Immediately the cry of
"mad dog? is raised BY the time the
creature is chased with clubs and
stones under a blazing sun he is quite
likely to be made mad or at least to
give the appearance of rabies. OF course
there are genuine instances where a
dog is an actual sufferer from the dis
ease, but the chances are twenty to
one that a swapping dog has been
leased or is affected by the weather
and rendered irritable, just as any ordi-
nary human being is, and that his bite
is harmless.
Ihere would be q great many less
scares about mad dogs If more consid-
Grafton were given them Without IN.
tending to be SO, many an owner is
cruel to his dog. He is merely thought
less. A dog loves water. He wants
plenty Of it, yet while water is the
cheapest and easiest thing in the world
for man to get, it is the hardest thing
for the dog to find. The dog has to beg
for 1t, and is not always understood.
If a man cannot have 4 supply of cold
water at his elbow during the heated
term, if he is denied even temporarily
a cooling drink, he quickly makes his
IRRITATION IN QI1t
the dog is expected by a thoughtless
owner to find water for himself, and if
he does not get it to be just as cheerful
as ever, to maintain an even temper
even if hauled and pulled about. A dog
may be thrown bone for morning
meal and with it given Il dish Of water,
but unless he is the property Of a mas
ter who understands his needs, he Is
apt to go thirsty most of the day.
Yet when he snaps in his irritation he
is promptly placarded as vicious.
This article Is intended as a plea for
the dog-for better treatment of him.
There are differences of opinion
whether it Is just to any dog to keep
him tied up in a back yard of city
house; whether q city is any place to
attempt the training Of any but the
beribboned dollhouse pets, who are ex-
pected to feed on dainties, to be tucked
under the arms of their mistress, to be
put on exhibition for the benefit of
calling friends, and at last TO lie down
and die because life becomes too much
Of burden to attempt to drag around
the accumulated fat that comes from
stu1ing and sleeping. Men will con-
tinue to keep dogs in their city homes
and therefore must assume certain OBJ
legations toward them. The dogs must
have exercise. consequently must go
upon the streets. Let us say right here
that the very first obligation is to see
to 1t that the dog has constant sup
ply Of fresh water.
Whether the dog is better under
stood or is given more thought on the
other side of the Atlantic we do not
know, but the dog that trots through
the streets Of London is very much bet
ter off than is his American cousin.
The water bowl for the dog is one Of
the street sights over there. At very
frequent intervals where the crowds are
not too dense bowl that is kept filed
with water stands at the entrance to a
shop door or beneath a window. The
dogs learn who their friends are They
know all of these drinking places, jast
as a horse knows the location of water
trougEs. Philadelphia Inquirer.