The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-23
.HE air was fresh from a furious
little thunderstorm which had

!" HE air was fresh from furious
little thunderstorm which had
swept Vine street. Old Man
Negley climbed the steps of the Weller
porch. where sundry Of the streets
dog-owners were waiting to get his adj
vice on their canine pets hot weather
condition.
Mice thunderstorm we had" COM
mented the old man, as he sat down on
the topmost step. "My three, dogs
told me, it was coming, long before
there was a cloud in the sky"
II suppose they consulted their
barometer" ventured Mrs. PAIL with
elaborate sarcasm.
"Yes'm," returned Old Man Negley,
simply. that's just. what they did.
Anyone who has made a study Of dogs
can tell, hours beforehand, when a
thunderstorm is coming up. Specially
If one of the dogs happens to be
scared of thunder"
"How?" challenged Pete Weller.
"For one thing" answered the old
man, "a dogs breathing apparatus and
dogs nerves are geared different
from yours and mine. There's sort
of breathlessness, just before thun-
derstorm, that even us humans can
notice. The dogs notice it long time
before it gets strong enough to
reach US.
"They pant; and they get restless;
and those Of them that hate thunder
stay close to their masters and want
to be in the house. Anyone who's
made study of it can tell in single
glance at them.
by the way, we were speaking, last
night. about long-haired dogs shedding
their coats in hot weather. You folks
who own collies and elbows and settlers,
and the like, can help them lot by re-
membering to give them good hard
brushing with good hard brush,
every single day.
THAT gets rid Of mass of the dead
hair that otherwise would fall all over
the floor and the chairs. And it slim
ulates the skin and helps the new coat
to come in. It's a big saving, all
around.
Don't yank out the tufts of dead
hair with comb. If you do, you're
liable to tear loose some of the new
undercoat. Use stiff brush; and use
1t hard. If there are tangles don't
pull at them. Untangle them; as you'd
untangle snarl in a child's hair.
1T will take little longer; but It'll
mean all the difference in the world to
your dogs next years coat.
Miss Cressan. you were asking me
how to feed those three-mopth-old
pointer puppies Of yours. You said
they turn up their noses at all the new
tangled prepared foods you've been
getting for them. Some dogs do that.
THE only value of any prepared
food is whole wheat, plus whatever
amount of dried meat is ground up in
it, Most pups like it. Some don't.
I'll tell you a great secret about
feeding puppies and grown dogs, too.
l learned it forty years ago when I
owned my first litter of pups.
"They were finicky eaters. I tried
them on everything that anybody sug-
gested to me. IT didn't do much good.
Then my wife gave me the idea. She
said:
Jim, whatever is good for human
child is good for dog child. I've got
sense enough to know that. We feed
our own children on bread and milk.
Try it on the pups
well. l tried it. Those puppies Just
fairly wallowed in bread and milk.
They grew husky and strong and there
never was any more finicky eating.
II feed it to puppies and fed it to
grown dogs, too. It's the one diet, so
far as ever could find out, that no
dog ever gets tired of, after he's once
accustomed to it and the one diet
that never makes him sick and that
keeps him strong and hearty.
Il feed my big dogs a little meat
and bone or two twice or three times
week, and the rest of the time / give
them bread and milk. Stale bread
scraps and milk"
Mr.. Cooley, your cook got mad at me,
last Week, when ! stopped her from
giving your airedale a plateful of