Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-02

ii.
result viii be vexation instead OF
a pleasure
l wouldn't advise a very large dog. New
foundlands, st. Bernards and Great Danes
:, are glorious fellows, but you'll hardly get
one worth his collar cheap. Daehshunds,
, fox-terriers, and most all terriers, make capi-
tai boys dogs; SO do spaniels, collies and re-
+, trivers.
Having got your dog, you must learn how
4 to take care of him, and the first require
ment is a suitable kennel
1t Will be best to have a kennel with big
rim around it because you must not chain
; puppy up, else you'll have bandyegged,
broken-hearted beast, that you'll be ashamed
to be seen with in the street.
large, dry barrel might do, if the front
were SO arranged that it could be swung
away from the weather, and be always dry,
clean and free from draughts You might
have it, too, under kind of shelter she'd
The water-pan you'd stand under the shell
ter, also, as well as dry board, to keep the
dog off the ground when he chose to lie out
of DOORS
The bedding may be wheaton straw or
pine shavings, and whatever it is, should be
kept dry.
The dogs dishes--one for water and one
for food-should be earthenware, with very
broad, fiat bottoms, SO that it is all but inn
possible TO capsize them.
Get puppy about three months old and
feed him four times a day till he is six
months old; then give three good meals till
he is a year old; after which an early break
fast and five o'clock dinner will be enough.
Give boiled dog biscuit, table scraps, green,
5 well-mashed vegetables and boiled lights,
with now and then a morsel of boiled liver
Give the puppy big bones that he can gnaw
and SO amuse himself Give him old boots
for playthings. No small bones If your
puppy hasn't plenty of fun and amusement
all day long, and lots of running and exercise.
4 he won't thrive.
Never tire him out
= Never run him behind a vehicle of any kind.
Never be cross with him for anything be
+" cannot help. If he sees that you are yexed
about it, he will be miserable enough. A
& cowed or brow-beaten dog develops into a
thorough cur.
y Dogs are often kept where nice gardens
are, and to keep to the walks is most i'm
4 portant part of young dogs education. and
not so difficult to teach, either. Show him
= his footprints on the soft ground and scold
him gently. A dog very soon comes to know
( what his master says and means
As regards dogs education, / may sa,
= for once and all that it ought to be useful
more than mere show.
1t just occurs to me that you may want to
know which is the trickiest or most easily
taught dog. The poodle is the sharpest and
most easily taught. The collie is the greatest
genius, but not very easily taught tricks. He
is apt to imagine himself wiser than his mas
ter, as indeed he often is. The Great Dane
and Newfoundland and st. Bernard learn
slowly, but very surely; they are the best
students, and take time to do their work, but
never, never forget Pomeranians come next,
think; then spaniels and retrievers.
If you keep your dog indoors, he ought to
have one particular corner where his mat is
spread at night, and he should be told to Ego
to bed" at regular time.
Don't tell him to watch" If you do,
he'll lie awake all night. thinking there is
something up. Anyhow, he will not get
sound sleep, and he may wake you unneces-
- sarily.
wee black tailless dog, and is probably the
: best of all guard or anti-burglar dogs.
In feeding, if dog leaves any portion, and
the food has been really nice, it is because
you have given him too much. 1t is better a
dog should be rather under fed than over-fed.
fingers, no Jumps left; the bits of meat should
! he small and the boiled greens well mashed.
Be careful with his teeth. Don't let him
carry stones nor run after them, and don't
-,try to force stick out of his mouth.
You cannot be too particular in keeping
vour dog also his dishes and kennel, clean.
nor in giving plenty of clean, dry bedding.
The kennel should be washed out with soap
and hot water once week.
Wash the dog once fortnight in summer
with lukewarm water and the best soap.
Then rinse well down with cold water, and
take him for a run at once, but give him a
Here is wrinkle worth remembering.
After you have washed the dog, stand of
for a little way, and say Shake yourself y