Evening star., 1951-12-09

vile. N. Y, wasn't so sure few
weeks ago that all the civilian
defense setup In his locality
wasn't for his own benefit. One
morning he opened his front door
to discover his dog playing with
a stick of dynamite.
Gingerly he took 1t from his
dog and called the local police. A
search was instituted to see if
there was any more sticks around
the house. Investigation disclosed
none and the police departed.
Early the next morning, the
dog was seen running around the
yard with another stick of dyna-
mite. Again the police were called
This time, after almost an all-day
search, they found that the dog
had uncovered the dynamite in a
nearby field where it had evident
ly been buried by a construction
company a few years before.
Perhaps you remember my tell
ing you about my friend whose
springer spaniel had a litter OF
six pups and then two days later
died. And how my friend solved
the problem of feeding them in
this novel manner:
He took an old inner tube that
was hanging in his garage and
six rubber nipples, the kind used
on babies bottles. to a nearby
filling station. There the nipples
were vulcanized to the inner
tube. At home, warm milk was
poured into the inner tube and all
six puppies received their meals at
the same time. All of the pups
thrived and grew to canine adult
hood.
| Now the colder weather Is
here. canine foot troubles in
crease. This is so because Of tht
mud that becomes caked between
a dogs foot pads and the great
strain on the pads themselves ir
gripping the surface of the ground
while the animal is running.
Every few days examine your
dogs feet very carefully for sign:
Iof Inflammation, scratches or GU
pads. etc. If you discover a foo
injury. have a veterinarian pres.
cribe treatment at once. for al
injury to a dogs foot may become
chronic or produce lameness o.
Ipoisons in his system.
Notice your dogs gait as h,
walks or runs. At first hint o
Ilameness, examine him for Wis.
Iible injury. strained tendon o.
!. dislocated joint.
There are one or two breeds O.
dogs whose members seem to en-.
joy fighting more than eating
Many dogs will fight on provoca.
tion. But there are a very few
kinds whose chief joy in life is tc
try to murder their fellow-canines
You and your friendly dog are
taking a peaceful walk. let us
|say. Up rushes a born fighter and
pitches into your unoffending dog,
and does his best to kill him.
More often than not. the other
dogs owner somewhere in the
ofhng, may bear down upon you
and resent any effort you may
make to drag the killer away
from your dog. The combat COM
|plex" is one of the least attrac-
tive features of the dog-owning
game.
And you stand a bright chance
of a bite or two when you try to
pry the battlers apart.
If you think there is any peril
of attack on your dog, it is easy
and cheap to buy an ammonia
pistol and to carry it in your
pocket on such walks. A full
charge of extra-strength am
monia. deep into the assailant's
nostrils. or even down his throat,
has a very pacifying effect on him.
The last time received any
authentic account of the fox ter
rier owned by A. G. Jones of
San Antonio, Tex, the dog had
reached the almost unheard- of
age OF % years. That Is perhaps
as old as would be a man or
woman of 108. I don't know Jones.
But my hat is off to him, for
the grand treatment he accorded