Evening star., 1948-04-25
Dog
Notes
By Peter Bogss.

Fairey of London, England, wa
on the high seas. Many hundreds Of
miles away at his home in London
was a Great Dane dog, "Jeepers
Creepers," the pet Of Fairey. Sud-
denly q torpedo tore into Fairey's
ship and he was cast adrift In an
open boat. On the same day, the
dog, Jeepers, home in London, stop
ped eating.
Five days later, the dog began
to eat again, barking and wagging
his tail with evident joy. A week
or so afterwards, an American de-
stroyer came into port. Aboard
was Fairey and other members OF
the crew Of the torpedoed ship.
A review of events showed that
the destroyer had sighted the small
boat in the bobbing waves at pre-
cisely the exact time on January
%, 1912, that Jeepers back in Lon
don started barking and wagging his
tail.
How did the dog know about
his master? Is this another true
story to be offered as evidence by
people who believe that q dogs
mind Is tuned in on that of his
master when they are separated
like a radio and broadcasting sta
ton?
A puppy that is continually picked
up by the legs may receive a per-
manently twisted shoulder, or a
chronic dislocation, or even warped
bones.
The best way is to place your
hand under his body, just above
his stomach. Then the animal Is
properly balanced and will not slip
from your hand.
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Don't be surprised If your dog is
confined to a veterinary hospi-
tai and on visiting him you find
there is a dog nurse in attendance
helping to care for him. Many
leading veterinarians throughout
the country have discovered that
certain injured and sick dogs
respond to treatment much more
readily if they have canine COM
pany. Also that these canine
nurses are a great help in keeping
certain injured dogs quiet. Hence,
they have acquired dogs with suit
able temperament and have trained
them to act as canine nurses to
some of their patients.
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When you start to train pup
py or an older dog, there is one
all-important rule for you to fol-
low: Namely, be alone with him
throughout the hours of training,
feeding, exercising, and especially
when you are trying to teach him
even the simplest of lessons.
When you and your new dog
are alone together. there is no
person, or other dog to distract
his attention from you and from
what you are attempting to teach
him. On your walks, too, and
when you fed him, or when he is
spending few hours with you,
indoors or out-of doors, arrange
that nobody else will be present.
That is so per cent of the secret
of educating him and making him
the one-man dog he should be.
Under such circumstances. a dog
will learn that, for the time being,
you are the only person in all his
universe and that he must rely
on you for food, exercise, lessons,
and his play. When he is we'll
trained, and after he has learned
to worship you and obey you I'M
plicitiy,. there win be- plenty Of
time to let him associate with your
friends and family. .
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@. What is the best thing to
use to make a bedding for a dog?
C. H.
A. I have found that cedar
shavings make the best bedding.
These shavings tend. to absorb odors
and keep the dogs coat clean.
@. I have heard it Is possible
to turn the nose of a dog which
is pink colored to black by feeding
certain medicines. Is this SO?
d. K.
A. In certain cases the admins
tration internally of hemoglobin
and spleen over a long period of
time might change the coloring.
Personally I don't believe in this
treatment unless under the strict
supervision of a competent veteri-
marian.
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