Evening star., 1936-03-23
so-called dual-type dog is
more and more in demand
and the dual type really is the
n bench tyDe trained to do its

SO-CdllCu dudl-UYPC lS
more and more in demand
and the dual type really is the
bench type trained TO do its
normal work.
In other words, the country at large
is waking to the fact that to be beau
tiful is not necessarily to be dumb.
1t also realizes that a dog bred for
conformation determined by stand
ard which was formulated with the
work of the dog in mind is a dog
physically adapted for that work.
Therefore, the roster of dual cham
pions tbench and field, race track
and bench show winners, and farm
dogs that are as beautiful as they
are efficient steadily is growing.
The American Kennel Club recently
has completed a survey which shows
that bench dogs are being extensively
used for other purposes than showing.
THE expression. He does everything
but talk" is common among dog
owners.
Dogs make their emotions known in
various ways. Often their whole
physical attitude is indicative of a
mood. Sometimes the quirk of an
ear tells a tale. Always their eyes
talk, and generally their tails are elo-
quent. Sometimes dogs learn to ex-
press certain desires by variations in
their barks. and dog owners soon learn
that a certain tone means that the
dog wants to go out, or a drink, or
what not.
Occasionally, however, some dogs
really talk. That does not mean they
speak English or any other language
intelligible to any but the keenest of
humans. But they do, definitely,
have voices with q range of tones,
vocables and syllables highly sug-
gestive of speech-and they employ
their vocabularies at times when they
undoubtedly are trying to communi-
cate with people.
Winkie, a white English bulldog, is
such a dog. His attempts at con-
Versation and the resulting weird
noises are highly ludicrous to his hu-
man friends, but Winkie himself often
is bewildered that his remarks are
not ineligible. He must have little
regard for the intelligence of the
human race, for he can understand
everything they say to him.
r ICKETS in aogs, as in children,
may be ascribed to three causes,
the absence of calcium in the pre- and
past natal nourishment of the infant,
the absence of vitamin D in food or
the lack of sunshine, and, rarely, the
inability of the body to assimilate the
calcium presented to it, even when
vitamin D is present.
In order to prevent rickets the
pregnant mother is fed calcium-rich
foods as well as cod liver oil, IRA
dated yeast, etc. Puppies are weaned
on whole milk, are given bones to
chew or bone meal, cod liver oil,
yeast and sunshine as much as pos
sible.
But those rare cases where the body
has been incapable of assimilating
calcium formerly were considered
hopeless. Recently, however, a method
of treatment has been evolved which
has proved successful in many cases.
The animal-this treatment has
been used very successfully on cats
is given an injection Of calcium in
the abdominal cavity. This Is fol-
lowed Immediately by an injection in
the muscle of hormone which has
the property of raising the blood cal
cium Immediately. Two or three in
jections. a week apart, generally are
sufficient. Supplementary diet and
treatment are, of course, necessary.