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THE 
 
 GENTLEMAN'S DOG, 
 
 HIS 
 
 Rearing, Training and Treatment. 
 
 EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN CLINIC; AUTHOR BRYCE'S PRACTICE OF 
 MEDICINE, ETC. 
 
 RICHMOND, VA. 
 
 SOUTHERN CLINIC PRINT 
 1909. 
 

P^j ANY men never have known the pleasure 
 y^^ of being loved by man's best friend. They 
 consequently have never learned to love this faith- 
 ful animal friend — the truest on earth to man. 
 They are like the poor fellow with the muck rake 
 who was so busy enriching himself with the foul 
 products of earth that he could not see the mellow 
 rays of an evening sunset nor inhale the fragrance of 
 the violet at his feet. 
 
 Poor fellow, he never owned nor loved a dog, nor 
 would a decent dog have cared for his love. 
 
 But the Almighty certainly created the dog for 
 companionship with mankind, and true to his 
 instincts, he will return tenfold in love and loyalty 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 all we can do for him. But in the parlance of the 
 Old Virginia Gentleman, he must be treated like a 
 white man, and that means something more than 
 crusts and kicks and sleeping on the ash-pile. 
 
 This little book is intended to fill a want yet nn- 
 filled, as many dog books as we have, for it teaches 
 how to care for, train and treat the diseases of your 
 bird dog, and does not keep you constantly buying 
 dog foods and dog remedies, but tells you what to 
 get, how to prepare and how to use remedies after 
 you have prepared them. 
 
 It is written by a dog lover, a dog owner, a 
 huntsman and a medical doctor, and it is what you 
 need. 
 
 The Author. 
 
To the memory of my dear friend, 
 
 who has given me many happy days afield, 
 this little book is lovingly dedicated. 
 
Copyrighted 1909 by C. A. Bryce, M. D, 
 
THE GENTLEMAN'S DOG, 
 
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 EFOKE entering upon the important subject 
 of training the bird dog for active field work 
 we will devote a little space to the consideration of 
 the natural tendencies and disposition of all bird 
 dogs, and the peculiar idiosyncrasies of many indi- 
 vidual dogs of their classes. We would also urge 
 upon our readers the importance of knowing their 
 own dispositions and weaknesses before undertaking 
 to train so sensitive an animal as a thorough bred 
 pointer or setter. 
 
 While all dogs have certain instincts and traits in 
 common, they are individually as different in temp- 
 erament and peculiarities as men. 
 
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 There is no one who has read even the little story 
 books of childhood days who has not had instances 
 without number of the dog's fidelity and love im- 
 pressed upon his mind. Cases in which dogs have 
 starved to death while watching over the graves of 
 their departed friends are numerous; and the many 
 rescues of persons from drowning and fire where the 
 faithful animal has, regardless of suffering, saved the 
 little child who has gained his love are familiar to 
 all. These examples show that the dog possesses in 
 a high degree the qualities of love, devotion, intelli- 
 gence and courage; and with such qualities one can 
 train and perfect a faithful servant and warm heart- 
 ed companion that will prove more sincere than any 
 human being usually met with outside of the imme- 
 diate family circle. 
 
 Possibly the best all-around tribute to the dog's 
 good qualities may be found in Senator Vest's elo- 
 quent speech before a jury in a western court some 
 years ago when a brute of a man was being tried for 
 killing a faithful dog. If you have never read it, it 
 will be worth the price of this book; and if you have 
 read it, it will not hurt you to read it again and again. 
 
tHE gentleman's DOG. 11 
 
 Senator Yest, of Missouri, was attending court in 
 a country town, and while waiting for the trial of a 
 case in which he was interested, he was urged by 
 the attorneys in a dog case to help them. He was 
 paid a fee of $250 by the plaintiff. Voluminous ev- 
 idence was introduced to show that the defendant 
 had shot the dog in malice, while other evidence 
 went to show that the dog had attacked the defend- 
 ant. Vest took no part in the trial and was not dis- 
 posed to speak. The attorneys, however, urged him 
 to make a speech, else their client would not think 
 he had earned his fee. Being thus urged, he arose, 
 scanned the face of each juryman for a moment, and 
 said: 
 
 "Gentlemen of the Jury — The best friend a man 
 has in the world may turn against him and become 
 his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared 
 with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who 
 are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust 
 with our happiness and our good name, may become 
 traitors to their faith. The money that a man has 
 he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps, when 
 he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sac- 
 
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 riticed in a moment of ill-considered action. The 
 people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us 
 honor when success is with us may be the first to 
 throw the stone of malice when failure settles its 
 cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish 
 friend that man can have in this selfish world, the 
 one that neverdeserts him, the one that never proves 
 ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog 
 stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health 
 and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, 
 where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives 
 fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. 
 He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he 
 will lick the wounds and sores that come in encoun- 
 ter with the roughness of the world. He guards the 
 sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. 
 When all other friends desert he remains. When 
 riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he 
 is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys 
 through the heavens. 
 
 "If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in 
 the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog 
 asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying 
 
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 him, to guard against danger, to fight against his 
 enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, 
 and death takes the master in its embrace, and his 
 body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if 
 all other friends pursue their way, there by the 
 graveside will the noble dog be found, his head be- 
 tween his paws, his eyes sad, but 'open in alert 
 watchfulness, faithful and true even in death." 
 
 Then Vest sat down. He had spoken in a low 
 voice, without any gesture. He made no reference 
 to the evidence or the merits of the case. When 
 he finished, judge and jury were wiping their eyes. 
 The jury tiled out, but soon entered with a verdict 
 in favor of the plaintiff for $500. He had sued for 
 $200. It is even said that some of the jurors actu- 
 ally wanted to hang the defendant. 
 
 There may be a question as to why we liave lim- 
 ited the appellation of the Gentleman's Dog in this 
 little volume to the bird dog— the pointer and setter. 
 We have no authority for thus classifying these dogs 
 to the exclusion of the fox hound and shepherd- 
 both special favorites with everybody. Bnt as we 
 look back upon a memory picture of old Virginia, 
 
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 her gentlemen, and her dogs also, in their palmiest 
 days, we cannot disassociate the bird dogs of ante- 
 bellum days from those lordly old fellows known as 
 Old Yirginia Gentlemen! 
 
 In "dem good ole days" when the plantation 
 songs enlivened the labors of the hundreds of blacks 
 as the golden harvests yielded to their cradles, and 
 "ole marster" rode among them over his broad acres 
 on his easy-going pacer he was almost always ac- 
 companied by a brace of thorough-bred pointers. 
 
 The poor white man and the free negro hunted 
 "ole hyars and 'possums" with the hound; but the 
 bloods of Yirginia bird-hunted on thorough-bred 
 horses and with dogs of pure blood likewise. With 
 this picture of the past we still remember the bird 
 dog as the Gentleman's Dog! 
 
 It would be unfair in us to leave our readers under 
 the impression that these dogs were the prominent 
 or principal dogs owned by gentlemen in those days, 
 for nearly all wealthy gentlemen owned large packs 
 of hounds and indulged in f jx hunting extensively. 
 So much was the sport endorsed and popularized that 
 no one oi)jected to the mad rush of dogs and horses 
 
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 over his tields and fences. Indeed when the hounds 
 were heard coming in full cry, the negroes in the 
 fields would often quit their work, open fences in 
 advance of the approaching riders, unhitch the mules 
 and horses from the plows and join in tlie chase along 
 with their masters. So while we shall still take thfe 
 bird dog for our theme, we saj: Here's to the Hound. 
 
mO^W/ TQ> FEB® ^ME FWFFir, 
 
 NE of the most perplexing things the unin- 
 itiated have to learn is how to feed the pup- 
 py when he is taken from its mothfer. It is usually 
 overdone, frequently too much in quantity and too 
 little in the right articles for his developing age. 
 The multitude of counsellors in the case of the 
 puppy raiser is certainly without safety for the pup, 
 however true it may be as regards the rest of the 
 creatures of this sphere. One will tell you to be 
 careful and not let him have any meat or grease; 
 another will caution you against milk for fear of 
 worms So between the dangers of distemper, 
 worms and scratches there may come the greater 
 danger of letting your puppy die of inanition. 
 
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 Nothing prepares a pnppj for any of the diseases 
 mentioned better than gradual starvation under 
 ignorant ideas of proper feeding. 
 
 One of the most sensible replies that we ever 
 received to a question of ours as to liow we should 
 feed and treat our little weanling of a setter who 
 had a troublesome diarrhoea and looked general!}^ 
 miserable and unhappy, came back to us over the 
 telephone from a level headed dog man as follows: 
 "Doctor, treat him just like you would your little 
 baby." 
 
 The most valuable remedy in the whole dog 
 pharmacopoeia is Gomnion sense, and we advise our 
 friends who wish to raise healthy and happy dogs 
 to use their judgment and experience while listen- 
 ing to the advice of others who know probably less 
 about the dog than they do themselves. 
 
 Puppies cannot all be subjected to the same line 
 of treatment anymore than children can, and this is 
 the reason that the well-meant advice of our friends 
 is so often actually harmful in individual cases. 
 
 If you examine a dog's teeth you will see that he 
 was intended to be a meat eater, and from his con- 
 
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 formation it is evident that as he was not certain 
 in primitive days of always getting his meat at 
 regular times his capacity for taking a large meal, 
 for enduring hunger, and for severe exertion was 
 great. But this should also teach us a lesson that 
 according to a dog's needs should he be fed. The 
 results would be quite different if we allowed the 
 puppy with little exercise to gorge himself as the 
 sinewy hungry dog does after a hard day's work. 
 One would be injured while the other be benefitted. 
 The growing puppy requires an abundance of 
 nourishing food rich in nerve and bone factors and 
 a plentiful supply at all times of fresh, clean drink- 
 ing water. The setter or in fact any of his class 
 will drink a great quantity of water, and unless 
 this is provided he will suffer for it and decline in 
 health. In our days of civilization the dog, of 
 course, has no longer to pursue game for his sup- 
 port and consequently his exercise is not severe 
 enough to demand that his food should be meat at 
 all times. For this reason a mixed diet is best for 
 the growing dog as well as the mature one. As a 
 general rule the healthiest puppies are raised from 
 
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 the general scrappa_2;e from the family table, with 
 occasionally some odds and ends from the butcher. 
 It is safe to let a young dog eat whatever he finds in 
 this table offal and just as much as he will hold. He 
 can have milk and meat, cooked and raw, in spite of 
 all the ominous head shaking of the wise ones, and 
 he will improve and grow fat and strong^ on it. I 
 have raised some of the finest dogs I ever saw by 
 giving them a start with raw meat, and keeping them 
 fed plentifully on it for a week at a time until they 
 wanted something else, and then they would go ahead 
 eating corn bread, mush and milk, and table offal, 
 when before that they would not touch it, and would 
 have starved if restricted to it. It is a good rule 
 when your puppy gets off his food or off the ortho- 
 dox food as you have been taught, to let him eat 
 whatever he may prefer, whether it agrees with the 
 usual teaching or not, for here is where common 
 sense saves the day every time. Twice I have had 
 fine puppies saved by my wife who, in spite of my 
 former ideas of dieting too rigorously, just stuffed 
 them >vith all manner of raw meat, grease, and other 
 prohibited articles with the result of bringing them 
 
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 back to tlie normal in a hnrry. I write this not to 
 encourage recklessness in feeding but to show that 
 circumstances must govern our conduct in the man- 
 agement of the puppy as in other conditions affect- 
 ing our own lives and health. It must be remem- 
 bered that the growing puppy wiil require gradually 
 increasing amounts of food and of a stronger char- 
 acter, and the making of big bones must be kept in 
 view all the time, for upon a strong skeleton we hope 
 to build a strong dog. Therefore do not let the 
 nothing-but- corn-bread idea get hold of you too 
 strong. Good "grudging" flour as we call the old 
 time seconds or brown flour that the country millers 
 send back .when they make us a barrel of white flour 
 is one of the best possible additions to the occasional 
 food of the young dog. Mixed with a little corn- 
 meal and properly baked it makes a delightful change 
 of diet for a few days at a time. 
 
 One of the best all around foods that we know 
 of is made from a recipe appearing in the Amateur 
 Trainer^ one of the best books on training of the 
 bird dog in the English language, and written by 
 our friend, Ed. H. Haberlein, of McPherson, Kan- 
 
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 sas, and sold by him at $1.50 postpaid, a book that 
 you all should have. His formula is as follow,^: — 
 
 "Secure scraps at yonr meat shop, or buy a chunk 
 of cheapest beef; put this into a kettle with hot 
 water and a pinch of salt, and boil until meat falls 
 from the bones; fish out the latter, and with a fork 
 stir meat into chreds, to remain in the broth. I^ow 
 stir and work into this a mixture consisting half and 
 half of corn meal and shorts to a stiff dough; fill 
 low pans and place into a slow oven till quite well 
 baked through. When cooled cut pone into suita- 
 ble pieces. Tlie quantity of meat thus worked into 
 meal and shorts may be in proportion of one to six- 
 At the slaughter house the head of a beef may 
 be had for the asking, and such a one can be util 
 ized for the above purpose with very good results. 
 After boiling, the bones of the head become quite 
 brittle, and these form a splendid part of the dog's 
 diet. Dog bread made as above stated will keep 
 for a long time, and it embodies nourishment of 
 the very best quality; the dogs eat it with delight 
 and remain in excellent condition". 
 
 Like the grown dog the puppy's heaviest meal 
 
22 THE gentleman's dog. 
 
 should be his supper, and in cold weather it should 
 contain enough meat scraps or a little fat to help 
 keep hi in warm. Cooked greens and other vegeta- 
 bles, pot liquor and corn bread softened in it is tip- 
 top. He needs a variety just like you and me, and 
 if this general idea is borne in mind you will raise 
 a strong sprightly dog that will stand by you under 
 all conditions, whatever may come 
 
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 gSg S we have said a first-class dog should be 
 ^1^ treated like "a white man" to use a com- 
 mon expression of we "down south" fellows. You 
 cannot expect to raise a decent self-respecting dog 
 unless you think enough of him to give him com- 
 fortable, clean, and well attended sleeping quarters 
 A dog that has to scurry around when night comes 
 on for a place to sleep is nobody's dog and will 
 soon not have courage or bottom enough to defend 
 his home when you give him one. 
 
 The country dog is more likely to be neglected 
 in this respect than the dog raised in a city for ob 
 vious reasons, and yet it is just as important to 
 teach a dog in the country that he has a better 
 
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 place for his lodging-room than the cow shed, hay 
 stack, or under the house. Inattention to this pro- 
 vision of one certain comfortable place for sleeping 
 belonging solely to the one dog is one of the surest 
 ways of creating a rambler from home and encour- 
 aging shiftless ways and inconstancy towards his 
 master. 
 
 From about the first of May to the latter part of 
 September the dog needs no other bed than the 
 ground or clean plank floor under an open shelter. 
 For the remainder of the year he needs a comforta- 
 ble kennel or other compartment in some building 
 that he can get in and out at all times The size of 
 the keimel or room in the building should be small 
 enough to allow the natural heat from the dog's 
 body to accumulate and help to keep him warm 
 with the least expenditure of his own reserve. We 
 would say a room two and-a half by three feet and 
 four feet high would be an average good house for 
 the dog. It should be so constructed that its sides 
 could be removed to allow thorough cleaning at 
 regular intervals as well as for arranging the bed- 
 ding. The floor should be absolutely airtight, for 
 
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 no dog can be kept comfortable in severe weather 
 upon a floor admitting air from beneath, however 
 much you may cover it with bedding. It is equal- 
 ly as important to allow sufficient ventilation over- 
 head, for dogs need fresh, pure air as well as 
 body warmth. The best way to keep the cold 
 winds from disturbing the dog in his sleeping room 
 is to have a wigwam-shaped entrance which may be 
 built of plank or canvas as is most handy. This 
 winding entrance securely guards the puppy or old- 
 er dog from the severe winds that tax his powers 
 and lay him liable to diseases only awaiting certain 
 depressed conditions to make themselves manifest. 
 The bedding may consist of several layers of 
 crocus bags, carpeting, pinetags, excelsior, walnut 
 leaves and similar stuff. I am opposed to allowing 
 wheat straw under dogs, for it certainly has a ten- 
 dency to promote skin troubles. The bedding 
 should be frequently changed and renewed, for fil- 
 thy bedding is all that is needed to produce any 
 number of obstinate skin affections. 
 
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 HE dog having no pores in its skin has not 
 ^ the advantage of the freely sweating animals 
 of relieving the hide of many impurities and con- 
 sequently is far more liable to skin affections than 
 might be supposed. It is particularly true of long 
 haired dogs, as the setter and shepherd dog. Such 
 dogs need frequent bathing both for their comfort 
 and for health. They can be best protected from 
 vermin and incipient mange by systematic washing 
 with a good antiseptic soap once or twice a week. 
 I am confident that many cases of mange or so call- 
 ed scratches commence from a dirty irritated skin, 
 and more particularly will this be the case if the 
 skin has gotten in a state of rebellion by the pres- 
 
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 ence of thousands of dog lice which infest dirty 
 hides on ill nourished dogs. The frequent bath re- 
 lieves and prevents all these conditions. 
 
 Now the novice will wish to know whether to 
 wash his dog in cold weather, whether to use warm 
 or cold water, what kind of soap to use and many 
 other questions that we would hardly suppose him 
 to ask, yet this is natural when a man wishes to do 
 exactly right about all the details in caring for a 
 good dog in a humane manner. And we would 
 say in this instance as in ail others: In all cases 
 use good common sense, as circumstances changing 
 will force conditions to be so altered that you can- 
 not follow any hard and fast rules. Adapt the 
 temperature of the bath to the comfort of the dog; 
 if the weather is very cold take the chill off the 
 water, wash the dog in a sheltered place and be 
 sure to dry him thoroughly before turning him out 
 of doors. This is all the precaution needed for 
 washing in winter. I seldom use warm bath for 
 dogs even in w^inter, but often take off the chill. 
 The main care being to rub the dog thoroughly dry 
 so that he will not be chilled after his bath. In 
 
28 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 
 
 summer the natural temperature of the water is all 
 right and if the sun is shining and the dog can 
 have a run and wallow in the grass I omit rubbing 
 him dry. 
 
 The question of what soap to use will arise and 
 you will be told that this, that or the other is the 
 best. The fact is they all are good, but very little 
 better than the average soap sold in the grocery or 
 drug stores for family use. Some are entirely too 
 high for their actual worth because they are sold on 
 reputation, and claims, that we are sorry to say, 
 have not been realized in our experience. Any 
 good castile or tar soap will be all needed for your 
 dog's bath, and if you need to treat him for any 
 skin affection it is better to apply a direct remedy 
 for the disease than to rely upon the small amount 
 of drug in an ordinary washing soap to cure him. 
 
 The mistake is frequently made of using a soap 
 too strong with carbolic acid or other antiseptic 
 agents which leaves the skin irritated, w4ien really 
 the object is to leave the skin clean and pliable 
 with a good lively feeling and scented pleasantly 
 with such agents as will drive away insects and 
 
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 make an agreeable odor at the same time. We 
 greatly prefer the regular use of a good eastile soap 
 followed by a spray of mild carbolized water, creo 
 lin, or spirits of lavender, all of which will drive 
 away paiasites and vermin. 
 
 
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^j^lP EXT to proper feeding for the puppy and 
 gl^l^ growing dog is correct and regular exercise. 
 This like other things in the care of the dog is fre- 
 quently given with the very best intentions, but re- 
 sults disastrously to the young dog. It must not 
 be argued that if exercise will aid the puppy's di- 
 gestion and development of frame and muscle, that 
 the more the better for this purpose. Exercise, 
 like medicine should be administered in proper dos- 
 es, at proper times and with regularity to accom- 
 plish certain desired results. No two dogs have 
 exactly the same powers of indurance nor the same 
 capacity nor need for food or exercise. This is a 
 
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 matter for the trainer or owner to ascertain from a 
 study of the individual dog or puppy. 
 
 No growing puppy can be kept healthy and de- 
 veloped to the best advantage for field work with- 
 out systematic exercise gradually increased food 
 consumption and bodily growth. 
 
 It should be borne in mind that the young dog is 
 taken out to improve his digestion, strengthen his 
 muscular and nervous system, to improve his circu- 
 lation and give him ''good wind," and lastly, and 
 by no means least, to let him get acquainted with 
 the world so as not to conduct himself like a 
 fool the first time he finds himself outside of his 
 yard. 
 
 Simply walking along a highway or running over 
 the pike is not the correct form of exercise. The 
 dog is to be trained for the work ahead of him. 
 He should be allowed a free rein to go in the fields, 
 jump ditches, run and race in the leaves and pine 
 tags and take a plunge in the ponds and streams as 
 he likes. From six montlis until the dog is a year 
 old he should have at least 2 or 3 outings a week 
 working him up to his full capacity of endurance — 
 
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 THE GENTLEMAN S DOG. 
 
 hut not leyond. A dog so raised will be in condi- 
 tion to take the field when he is a year old and stay 
 with the best of them all day long. 
 
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 IgK HE great pririci})le in training the bird dog, 
 ^1^ or any other dog for that matter, is to gain 
 his affection, his respect, and his ol)edience; and 
 the chief of these is obedience — prompt and une- 
 quivocal. We have often noticed performances go- 
 ing on between the master and young dog under 
 the name of training when in fact the young dog 
 was being ruined, just as many a child is ruined by 
 a too indulgent and soft hearted parent. 
 
 The half-handed system of playing with a young 
 setter or pointer and persuading him to come to 
 you, fetch, or lie down, is not understood by the 
 doo; as beino^ in the order of command, nor does he 
 consider that he is obeying your command when he 
 
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 brings yon a ball or stick under sucb conditions. 
 In otber words, lie is playing witb yon and stops 
 when he gets enough of it. There is no use to get 
 mad and whip or cower him at this stage; you will 
 only n)ake matters worse and after a while he will 
 be afraid even to play that kind of game with you. 
 It is all right to play with your dog — it makes 
 him affectionate and giv(8 him a good disposition, 
 but let it be play pure and simple and do not give 
 him any commands, nor impose any task upon him, 
 and let him quit whenever he likes. But when you 
 commence to train you must let him understand 
 that it is a matter of business and obedience and 
 then you must let your orders and words be few, 
 distinct and be obeyed. One of the greatest les- 
 sons taught dog trainers lias been the instruction 
 in what is known as the force system without the 
 whip. Our friend Edward F Haberlein, tlie au- 
 thor of an excellent manual, gives very full direc- 
 tions for this system by the use of the force col- 
 lar. We commend the book to our readers. But 
 the principle involved owes its value to the un- 
 derlying foundation-stone of teaching obedience in 
 
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 small things in the beginning, and instead of beat- 
 ing and cowering a dog, to so control liim that he 
 sees it is best to do what he is commanded to do. 
 
 Now to start with : We must make objection to 
 much that is considered "the thing'' in dog training. 
 We are totally opposed to a lot of unnecessary, and, 
 to our mind, fooli.'^h accomplishments insisted upon 
 by "professional" dog trainers and dog owners. 
 There are also terms wliich are not in common use 
 with the average person and which we believe 
 sluiuld be dropped. Of course if you are going to 
 train a dog to meet the requirements of a select 
 few, you must teach him to do all the stunts requir- 
 ed by these critics, and in this way you perfect him 
 in one way and handicap him in another and fre- 
 quently ruin him for field work. It must be re- 
 membered too that you are training your dog for 
 your own pleasure and for your own field work; and 
 as no two men nor dogs possess the same ideas or 
 dispositions, possibly your dog will work to suit 
 you perfectly when no other dog would do it half 
 so well. Therefore you wish a good, sweet tem- 
 pered and obedient dog at home and afield. 
 
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 To illustrate tlie importance of few commands 
 and instant obedience, I will mention that on one 
 occasion I a^^ked a veteran huntsman and dog raiser 
 what he considered the most important thing to 
 teach a bird dog. He promptly replied "If I had 
 only one thing to teach my pointer or setter it 
 would be to "stop instantly anywhere I told him to 
 do so." And another great hunter made almost a 
 similar reply when he told ns that a dog should al- 
 ways be under such cominand "that you can get 
 your hand on him when you want him." 
 
 The })oint insisted upon is not only obedience but 
 jprompt obedience. When you tell a dog to "take 
 care" or "down," he must not continue to walk 
 ahead slowing down gradually and getting into a 
 covey orupo!i a single bird, he must stop as prompt- 
 ly as the sound of the voice reaches his ear. 
 
 To illustrate again on this vital point: When 
 you go into your back yard and whistle and clap 
 your hands and say "come here Bob" and your doir 
 comes bounding to you, he does not do this because 
 you say "come here" but because he is glad to see 
 you and wants to play with you and welcome you. 
 
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 When you toss a ball out to him and he runs after 
 it and brings it to you, he does not do it because 
 you tell him to "fetch it," but because it is fun 
 foi him. He has no idea that he is under your 
 dominion or in any sense obeying you. 
 
 Bat when you see him anywhere ai)ont the prem- 
 ises, no matter how far off, and no matter how much 
 engaged in play or otherwise, if you say to him in 
 a distinct, quiet tone, "Down" and he immediately 
 piostrates himself with fore feet extended and head 
 resting flat upon the ground, he is obeying your 
 command. If you then tell him "Up" and he gets 
 up and stands awaiting further orders, he is obeying. 
 If you can say "Come here" — no coaxing, beckon- 
 ing or encouragement, and if he promptly comes to 
 you, and obeys the other few commands — "Take 
 care," "Sit down," you have a dog that is as well 
 trained as mortal man can train an intelligent ani- 
 mal and all other things can be easily achieved with 
 but little trouble. 
 
 Now, h«'W is the best way to reach this desirable 
 state with the young dog? 
 
 As we have said, dogs differ in disposition and 
 
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 while many may be trained by patience and gentle- 
 ness, some will require more forcible measures than 
 others and for this class we unhesitatingly recom- 
 mend Haberlein's method of the force collar and 
 cord. 
 
 We have found that the vocabulary for all usual 
 purposes with the bird dog may be contained with- 
 in about the following list, and are the most impor- 
 tant in the <3rder in which they are stated : "Take 
 care" which means to stop and remain in a standing 
 position until ordered forward. "Hie on" which 
 means to advance or seize the object which he stop- 
 ped to point. "Hie Away" which means liberty to 
 go away, play or do what he likes — in the field it 
 means to proceed to scour the fields and range for 
 game. "Sit Down." Emphasize the word "sit" 
 and pronounce "down" lightly. The dog should 
 sit upon his haunches and be attentive for any oth- 
 er command or order. "Down" is one of the most 
 important commands, and should be followed by an 
 instant prostration of the dog's body, extension of 
 the fore legs forward and a complete dropping of 
 the head flat between the front feet. The dog 
 
3d 
 
 should associate this command with a downward 
 waving of the hand ; so that when at a distance, or 
 when jou wish to tnake no noise a simple wave of 
 the hand towards the earth will bring him down 
 promptly. 
 
 ''Come Here"— "Bring It" and "Let Go" are 
 self explanator}', and these eight commands will fit 
 your dog for the field. Understand — you cannot 
 teach your dog to hunt and find game, point it and 
 retrieve it after it is killed. If he does not inherit 
 these tendencies and practise them naturall}^ he is 
 worthless. But you can so train him that he will 
 point or stand and retrieve anything and when he 
 finds game he will be cautious and obedient and 
 soon adapt your general training to his special work 
 afield. 
 
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Tim^m F@m ^K^iiiiEf^. 
 
 ^jf^^ UCIl lias l)een said and written as to tlie 
 ll^yS proper time to commence ti-ainino^ the pup- 
 pj. This is subject to varjiiig conditions, for really 
 while a dog's education should commence as soon as 
 it is old enough to understand anything, the serious 
 methodical training should not be undertaken until 
 a puppy is six or eight months old and reasonably 
 well developed. 
 
 So our rule is to commence with the pup at two 
 or three months and the first thing we teach him is 
 to ''Take Cdre" before he eats his food— not always, 
 but so mmy times a week. It is just as important 
 to let him have his food without this command also, 
 as it tea(5h'3S him tiie difference between obedience 
 
41 
 
 and restraint on the one hand and freedom and lib- 
 erty on the other. 
 
 Therefore we take the pappy and set his plate of 
 food before hirn and while gently restraining him 
 by holding, we say in a qniet, distinct tone; "Take 
 Care," and keep him quiet for a few moments, re 
 leasing him with the words "Hie on." Be careful 
 and always try to speak the words plainly and in 
 the same quiet tone, and by all means do not keep 
 repeating them as if you were fearful he would not 
 obey — make Kim take care by simply holding him 
 quietly without further words. Don't overtax the 
 puppy's patience, but gradually extend the time un- 
 til your dog will wait a full minute for you — or 
 longer. 
 
 Don't make the mistake of getting too far away 
 from the puppy until you know you have him 
 staunch, then you may caution him and place his 
 food three or four feet in front of him and, stand- 
 ing to one side and between him and his plate, give 
 the order to "Take Care." The puppy should 
 stand staunchly until you order him on. Then you 
 should gradually increase the distance so that where- 
 
42 
 
 ever you are he will come to a prompt stand wlien- 
 ever he hears your voice. 
 
 Don't lose your temper, nor chastise the dog, but 
 keep cool and firm, and maintain absolute control of 
 him by actually holding him if necessary. Never 
 give a puppv two commands at the same time nor 
 in different words for the same command ; you will 
 confound him and make him unstable and uncertain 
 — and when he loses confidence in himself as your 
 interpreter he is ruined. 
 
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 ^j^ T may be inferred that after all we have writ- 
 ^^ ten there is nothing more to be done for the 
 dog but take hirn into the field and find him a good 
 hunter, staunch on point, a good "dropper," a per 
 feet retriever &c., &(*.. Well, with ordinary care 
 such a dog can be carried into the field and will, 
 with a little handling, do all of these things. 
 
 The three things to be guarded against in the field 
 are flushing, chasing (or breaking shot) and improp 
 er retrieving. Right here is where we wish to again 
 impress upon you the importance of prompt obedi- 
 ence — "teaching the dog to stop when you tell 
 him" as we have so frequently impressed upon the 
 reader. Therefore if the lesson has been properly 
 
44 
 
 taught at home in the yard— two of the troubles 
 are exduded for he will neither flush nor (break 
 shot) chase birds after covey lias gotten up if you 
 are able to control him with your voice. In spite 
 of your efforts should the dog get excited and hard- 
 headed and bolt into the covey any way, we know 
 of no better method than the force collar and cord 
 which Mr. Haberlein so well describes in his book. 
 In fact no one makes or sells a better force col- 
 lar than Mr. Haberlein. This collar, provided with 
 modified metal points next the dog's neck and witli 
 a ring into which is snapped as much cord (sash 
 cord is our preference) as you like, is the outfit. 
 
 For a headstrong dog we prefer twenty feet of 
 good cord. Usually fifteen feet is enough. The 
 application is simple. If your dog is a flusher, put 
 on the collar and cord and let him trail until he is 
 nearly ready to run into the birds. Keep close to 
 him and caution him witli the words "Steady," 
 "Steady." Now as he scents the birds and increas- 
 es his pace it is the proper time to test his obedi- 
 ence. Step up and tell him to "Take care" in a 
 firm, but quiet tone. If he pays no attention to it. 
 
THK GENILKMAn's DOG. 45 
 
 pick up tlie end of the cord, run forward witli it so 
 as to give it good slack, drop ir, and put your foot 
 down on it, iirtnly and just before fclie dog makes it 
 taut, call out sharply "Take care," and let him 
 know that " Take care" means to stop and to stop 
 itistantly. Don't scold him nor speak a word, but 
 let him know that he brings it on himself. Instead 
 of using the foot to hold the cord a very convenient 
 method is to wear a stout leather belt witli a strong 
 snap attached and the drag end of the cord, which 
 always terminates in a good sized iron ring, can be 
 picked up and snapped on to the belt. In this way 
 the trainer has the use of his hands and can simply 
 drop back on tlie cord with his whole weight and 
 bring tlie dog up just at the proper moment. 
 When you are using the gun in advanced training, 
 and when you are teaching to drop to shot as it is 
 called, and wish to break the habit of chasing, this 
 belt is indispensable. 
 
 1*^0 w the same procedure with the force collar 
 that breaks the dog of flushing will make him re- 
 main staunch after the covey has flown until you 
 give him the command. The judgment of the 
 
46 
 
 handler and disposition of the dog will determine 
 when to relinquish the use of tlie force collar, but 
 it is weil to keep the collar reversed on the dog 
 with a little cord attached so as to remind him that 
 he is jet under restraint and likely to punish him- 
 self if he is disobedient. 
 
 Of course whipping, kicking, beating and shoot, 
 ing will break a dog occasionally of these faults but 
 no man acquainted with the character and traits of 
 the bird dog nor with the proper feelings towards 
 God's creatures will i)e likely to adopt these meth- 
 ods, when more sensible and humane measures are 
 at hand in the force collar. 
 
 RETRIEVING. 
 
 If your dog has been properly trained in the yard 
 to "fetch" and "let go" the chances are that if he 
 retrieves he will do it properly. Some dogs will 
 never retrieve; most will do it, and the important 
 thing is the manner in which it is done. The dog 
 who mouths, noses and chews the bird, and who 
 holds on to it until you drag it out of his mouth 
 isn't fit to G?^vry into the field and unless broken of 
 the habit will be worse than worthless. This very 
 
47 
 
 \)'A(\ fault is usually the result of carelessness on the 
 part of the trainer in permitting the young dog to 
 catch and kill a wounded bird in the beginning. 
 
 Tin's is the very worst thing that could happen, 
 and it is vei-y hard to break the habit. But with 
 pains and patient yard training it may be done. 
 For fear of this accident we always advise our 
 friends to have a companion who will do the shoot- 
 ing at first so as to allow the owner or trainer to 
 liave control of his dog with both liandsatall times. 
 In this way the dog never has the advantage and a 
 few outings will cure him of all bad habits and 
 make him staunch, safe and reliable afield under all 
 circumstances. 
 
 There are other faults that seriously handicap a 
 dog's usefulness, and some that render him actually 
 worthless. The worst of these is gun shyness, and 
 while it may be overcome, we have never had the 
 patience to cure a well developed case of it and 
 offer no suggestiotis on the subject. Our honest 
 belief is that a thoroughly gun-shy dog is only fit 
 for a pet about the house and then he is taking care 
 and attention that had better be bestowed upon a 
 
4:8 
 
 dog that could be not only a pet, but capable of fill- 
 ing all of the requirements of a first class hunter 
 afield. 
 
 Apropos to the subject of training the bird dog, 
 I will close this chapter with a little article from 
 my pen which appeared in the Amateur SjpoHs- 
 man for December 1895, and which illustrates my 
 ideas with the young dog when introducing to field 
 work: 
 
 " HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DOG. 
 
 I wish to state at the commencement that I do 
 not expect to say anything likely to instruct the 
 "regulars," but, as a member of the army of good 
 fellows who hunt occasionally and fish whenever 
 they can, with rude implements and adverse condi- 
 tions, I may offer a suggestion or two for those of 
 my class. In this paper I will talk briefly about 
 the dog, one of the noblest animals ever created 
 and man's most devotod friend. 
 
 It has been my fortune, or, rather, misfortune, to 
 spoil some as good dogs as any man ever owned, 
 and this by trying to follow the advice of men sup- 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 49 
 
 posed to know "all about it." While going through 
 this school I learned some few things of value, and 
 now I feel able to speak positively on a few points 
 in the training of young dogs, especially setters and 
 pointers. 
 
 Possibly a little account of my management of 
 two different dogs will better illustrate my lesson. 
 A number of years ago a friend presented me with 
 a full-blooded setter puppy, and I determined to 
 make a crack dog of him in every particular. I 
 was told that obedience was everything, and I made 
 that dog obedient, you may be sure. When he was 
 eight months old I could speak to him in an under- 
 tone and he would fall to the earth, with his tail 
 between his legs, like one stone dead. But this obe- 
 dience was dearly bought, for when he was in the 
 field, although he had a most excellent nose, he was 
 so cautious and fearful of not catching my every 
 command or wish that he would stand, tremble and 
 wait for me, look back, and then advarce on a cov- 
 ey of birds until he would make forty stands be- 
 fore 1 actually reached the birds. He was a good 
 dog, but too well trained. 
 
50 THE GENTLEMAN 8 DOG. 
 
 1 concluded after tliis that I wanted a dog with 
 more pusli about him. So I got another and gave 
 liim more latitude in training. He would at com- 
 mand, ''Take care,'' stop reasonably before his food, 
 but I always took good pains to "hie on'' in good 
 time tu keep him from really disobeying me. He 
 would bring me a glove or any light article when I 
 threw it away, and he felt in the humor to do so. 
 
 mattered myself that I had a pretty good dog, and 
 with the proper amount of field training expected 
 to find him a treasure indeed. Well, he was a dan- 
 dy. He could smell partridges a half-mile away, 
 and his great Zf al would carry him right up to 
 them. He would make his usual "bread stand," 
 take it for granted that 1 had said "hie on," and up 
 he would get the covey, regardless of all my yell 
 ing and threatening. The only way 1 ever get a 
 shot was to outrun him. I never succeeded in 
 breaking him of this bad habit. 
 
 1 have been bothered much in former years about 
 dogs not retrieving, running hares, etc. Now, heie 
 is the way I handled tlie last dog I trained— I have 
 him novv. He is entering his fourth year, is a 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 51 
 
 pointer dog of tirst-class blood, a beauty and one of 
 the best all around dogs in Virginia, or any other 
 State in the Union. 
 
 This puppy was given to me wlien about two 
 months old. I determined to study its disposition 
 and make a friend of it. I had long ago learned 
 that no two dogs have the same disposition, nor can 
 they be treated alike, either in regard to petting or 
 punishment. I was very fond of him, and allowed 
 him much liberty, talked to him a great deal, play- 
 ed with him frequently, scolded him moderately 
 when he needed it, and always complimented him 
 highly for his good behavior. I wish to say right 
 here that experience has proven to me that the av- 
 erage dog or horse can understand and appreciate a 
 very large vocabulary, and for this reason 1 am a 
 very great talker to dogs and horses. The next 
 thing to be observed is the fact that the dog, espec- 
 ially, is anxious and willing to do his master's bid- 
 ding as soon as he understands hhn. 
 
 We will get back to my dog. Fully trusting to 
 the general intelligence of my dog, I took him into 
 the tield at eight months of age, and he trailed up 
 
52 
 
 a itovey of partridj^es and made a very prettj stand. 
 I was two Inindred yards away, and he looked anx 
 ionsly l)ack for me several times, and linally, just 
 before I reached him, he sprang into them and cluis 
 ed them beautifully. I was sorry to have liim do 
 this, hut I knew he was a puppy and I would have 
 to ralk to him about it. I called him in and patted 
 him and said nothing about liis bad behavior. 
 
 The next day we winded some birds, and this 
 time I called him back sharply and made him keep 
 close to me. AVhen within sixtj^ yards of the cov- 
 ey he began to creep and tremble, throwing his eye 
 back at me for every few steps and advancing like a 
 panther. Now, huntsman, here is a picture for the 
 artist, and here is the time and place to make or 
 ruin yonr dog. 
 
 "Steady now, boy, take care," I said, in a quiet, 
 kindly manner. The puppy knew exactly what I 
 meant, and steadily felt his way, telling me plainly 
 with his eye and gestures that he appreciated his 
 work. 
 
 "Steady, boy," I said lower in tone, and wnth 
 eyes l)lazing with intensity, tail straight as an arrow, 
 
53 
 
 belly almost touching the ground, and every muscle 
 in a quiver, he came to a stand as decided and im- 
 !novable as if he had been transformed to marble. 
 I advanced and up the covey arose; bang! and one 
 bird fell. (I was shooting a little single barrel 
 breecli loader.) The puppy started off at a good 
 run after the birds, but with a little positive calling 
 he came back and found the dead bird, mouthed it 
 and left it. I could not persuade him to bring it to 
 ino, nor did I worry him much about it. 
 
 In a few weeks he would stand, flush at command, 
 and hunt single birds very well, but had never re- 
 trieved — would not do so. I did not get mad with 
 him about this fault, for I reasoned that he was a 
 youngster, and further that as all of the birds 1 had 
 killed were in the open and easy to get myself he 
 did not see the necessity for bringing them. Still, 
 I was very sorry he would not do so, and trusted to 
 his affection and good sense to overcome this evil. 
 
 One day late in the season I was hunting over a 
 low ground with a friend and just as we came to 
 the edge of a dense half acre of immense briars, ab- 
 solutely ini penetrable for a man, a large covey arose 
 
54 
 
 and we dropped three of them about forty yards 
 in this field of briars. The dog was scouring the 
 field on the other side when we got the flock up, 
 and hearing the shots came bounding to us. I had 
 not much hope of getting the birds, as my dog had 
 never brought me one, but I told him to "look for 
 them." He threaded his way in and I sooii heard 
 a crippled bird flutt(4' when he caught it. I could 
 not see ten feet in the jangle, but spoke encourag- 
 ingly to hitn and continued to sa}^ "Bring hin] to 
 master," " Come along, good boy," etc., and to my 
 great delight he came, not only once, but again and 
 again, until he had brought all three birds and laid 
 them at my feet. 
 
 From that day to this he has invariably gotten my 
 game for me, unless it would happen to be within 
 immediate reach of me. One great error with the 
 young dog owner is to be too particular about his 
 dog. Now, I do not care a snap how many'hares 
 my dog runs, nor whether he is a good " 'possum 
 dog" or not. The fact is simply the amount of 
 brain your dog may have. A good dog will hunt 
 anything and do it correctly. My pointer has no 
 
55 
 
 superior for birds, and yet he will stand, run and 
 brin^ back a hare as well as a hound. He will put 
 turkeys up a tree and come back and lie as still as a 
 mouse until they are yelped up and shot. He will 
 tree squirrels and bark until I find him, and then 
 he will keep his mouth shut and never move out of 
 his tracks for a half hour or until I shoot the little 
 game. He will throw down a steer or hold a hog 
 weighing one hundred and fifty pounds as still as 
 ;\ny two men could. The fact is, whatever he does 
 he does well, and he is capable of doing a great many 
 things. This is a very complimentary notice of my 
 own dog, and I never would offer it to the readers of 
 tlie Amateur Sportsman but for the fact that it 
 may impress them with the importance of having 
 patience with young dogs, treating them as intelli- 
 gent beings and gaining their affection and very 
 best possible work." 
 
 RiOHMOJSD, Ya. 
 
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 R YERY dog owner sliould have a reasonab)}^ 
 I fair knowledge of the usual diseases affecting 
 the dog and he should know enough of certain rem- 
 edies to make intelligent use of same when thrown 
 upon his own resources. 
 
 So we will first call attention to a few drugs and 
 the matters of dose and method of giving. The 
 full grown year or two old dog weighing fifty or 
 seventy pounds can take usually about the average 
 dose of any ordinary drug that we prescribe for the 
 adult human being, though we seldom give the larg- 
 est dog over half the full dose, preferring to in- 
 crease with small doses at short intervals until we 
 have the desired effect. Puppies according to age 
 
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 and size require diminished doses in proportion, so 
 that you can figure out a puppy's dose if you know 
 the adult human dose, or dog's dose which we usu- 
 ally make one-half less. It is well also to remem- 
 ber that ihe animal, unlike man, has not been raised 
 on drags and become immune to their action by re- 
 peated and constant use, hence their action l)ecomes 
 more prompt and energetic than in man, therefore 
 for given effects they require less drug. Then 
 again certain drugs act differently according to dose, 
 and some are not as well borne by the lower ani- 
 mals while others must be administered in larger 
 doses to have required effect. For example a dog 
 will improve on doses of arsenic that would be 
 dangerous for a man, while very small doses of 
 cocaine will often affect him seriously. Strychnine 
 should be given with much caution and in smallest 
 doses in commencing, while the much used carbolic 
 acid has been the cause of much damage to many 
 dogs by reason of its reckless use, and its ill effects 
 on the kidney. Many a dog has been made to suffer 
 from partial paralysis, weak back and nephritis or 
 kidney inflammation from having been literally 
 
58 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 
 
 bathed in carbolic acid as we find it in many lotions 
 for vermin, scratches and skin troubles. 
 
 It is a good rule never to give a dog medicine un- 
 less he needs it, and it is a better rule to always 
 know what you are giving, and still better to know 
 what you are giving it for or what effect it should 
 have — an effect that you can see whether you are 
 getting or not. While there are many excellent 
 ready-made preparations for the various ailments of 
 the dog put up by the manufacturers, we prefer to 
 fix our own drugs and make our own preparations 
 for our own use, but whenever we use any proprie- 
 tary remedy we always inform ourselves of the in- 
 gredients entering into it before using it on our dog. 
 "We would suggest this advice to our readers, for 
 then you will know when you are getting the effects 
 desired and when to stop the use of the remedy. 
 
 Among the drugs most commonly needed we will 
 mention the following: 
 
 Calomel — The Mild Chloride of Mercury — is 
 used as a prompt purgative in 5 or 6 grain doses — 
 in doses of a grain repeated at 2 hour intervals it is 
 good in jaundice and liver troubles. Its chief use 
 
50 
 
 ill dog practice is for the removal of worms in con- 
 nection with santonin. 
 
 Castor Oil — too well known as the safest and 
 best laxative cathartic for dogs and puppies — Table- 
 spoonful is a fair dose. 
 
 Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb— is a splendid laxa- 
 tive cathartic well suited for puppies or dogs with 
 indigestion and bloody diarrhoeal passages. Dose 
 teaspoonful. 
 
 Sulphate of Quinine— is used for chills and con- 
 gestions, colds, distemper &g. Dose 5 to 10 grains 
 — as a tonic 1 or 2 grains a daj. 
 
 Arsenic — Arsenious Acid. Powerful poison — 
 Fine alterative in skin diseases, splendid tonic, good 
 blood remedy (Dose -^-q to -^ of a grain. Average 
 dose l-30tli grain after meals 3 times a day.) The 
 dog is an exception and will take ^ of a grain three 
 times a day to advantage. 
 
 Iron — A splendid tonic and astringent, both in- 
 ternally and externally. Dried sulphate of iron 
 (copperas) may be given in 1 grain doses. The tinct- 
 ure of iron may be given in 3 to 5 drop doses well 
 diluted in gum water or rice water. 
 
60 
 
 Santonin— The great worm expeller. It is made 
 from the old time household remedy known as worm 
 seed (chenopodinm) given in connection with an 
 active cathartic it speedily clears out the common 
 round worm. Dose — A dog may be given ^ to 1 
 grain with a little calomel, or it may be given alone 
 and followed with a dose of castor oil. 
 
 Spirits of Nitre — Febrifuge. Diuretic (acting 
 on kidneys.) May be given in dose of 10 to 30 
 drops (half teaspoonful) well diluted every three 
 hours. 
 
 Magnesium Sulphate — Epsom Salts — This is the 
 best cooling cathartic that can be given a dog — Tea- 
 spoonful in half glass of water. 
 
 Carbolic Acid — This is one of the coal tar prod- 
 ucts. It is a powerful antiseptic, deodorizer and 
 germicide. It is a deadly poison and used entirely 
 too often and too recklessly under the belief that it 
 is harmless. It has its place in medicine — but we 
 wish to caution against its immoderate or unneces- 
 sary use. Solutions and ointments should not be of 
 greater strength than 1 to 5 per cent, of carbolic acid. 
 
 Strychnine — Powerful poison — splendid nerve 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 61 
 
 and muscular tonic. Should be used in minimum 
 doses and cautiously on dogs. We would not like to 
 give a full grown dog over -gJ^- of agrain 3 times a day. 
 
 Glycerine — This excellent household remedy is 
 good in fevers, colds and coughs and can be given 
 in teaspoon ful doses. 
 
 Salicylate of Sodium — This is the great rheuma- 
 tism medicine, and may be given in doses of 3 to 5 
 grains 2 or 3 times a day. 
 
 Laudanum — This is a liquid form for administer- 
 ing opium. The dose for the average full grown 
 forty to sixty pound dog is 3 to 5 drops, equal to i to 
 |- grain of opium. 
 
 Calcium Sulphide — A great anti-zymotic, germ- 
 icide, and pus preventive. Dose for a dog J to 1 
 grain three times a day. 
 
 Antikamnia Tablets— The ideal pain reliever, 
 fever reducer and sedative — Dose one or two tab- 
 lets and repeat in 2 or 3 hours if necessary. 
 
 Sodium Bromide — Another excellent mild seda- 
 tive. It relieves pain, fever and restlessness. Av- 
 erage dose for adult dog 4 to 10 grains in solution 
 or milk. 
 
62 
 
 Oil of Tar — Here is one of the best remedies in 
 the dog owner's wliole materia medica. It acts on 
 tlie kidneys, is a good vermifuge, has antiseptic 
 properties, and when used externally is good for 
 sores, abrasions &c., and a good flea killer and pre- 
 venter. Internally a few drops is a dose — say 2 to 
 5. Externally it may be used in oil or ointment as 
 high as 50 per cent, strength. 
 
 Hydrogen Peroxide — For quickly cleansing and 
 disinfecting purulent ulcers and sores of all pus. 
 It can be diluted any where from 50 percent., to the 
 pure preparation and applied as a local wash to the 
 diseased parts with sponge or absorbent cotton. 
 
 Iodoform — is a splendid local antiseptic, germi- 
 cide and protective to fresh sores or injuries and 
 may be sprinkled on at libert)\ Its odor is disa- 
 greeable, but it is admirably adapted to keep flies 
 and vermin away, and in summer it is one of 
 the best applications we know of for keeping flies 
 away from sores on dogs. 
 
 Cocaine Muriate. — This is a most valuable local 
 application for relieving itching or pain of an acute 
 kind. It should be used cautiously and moderately. 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 63 
 
 Just dampen the painful surface once or twice with 
 a four per cent, sohition, which yonr druggist 
 should prepare for yon. 
 
 Oxide of Zinc. — You will find this a good dust- 
 ing, drying and protective powder which may be used 
 freely where an open sore simply needs a protec- 
 tive powder. 
 
 We have said nothing about liow to administer 
 the drugs mentioned. It seems that most people 
 who give advice on remedies assume that any- 
 body can give medicine to a sick dog. This is 
 about like givins^ physic to your own child; and 
 sympathy for the sick one too often bungles the 
 job. We have found dosing a sick dog a very dis- 
 agreeable and unpleasant business usually. The 
 chief thing to do is to make up your mind that you 
 are going to give the dog his medicine, determine 
 how you are going to make him take it, and then 
 without scolding, scuffling or worrying the dog, 
 just give ii to him. 
 
 For liquids the best way is to hold the dog's 
 liead u]) with your hand under the chin, pull one 
 side of cheek out so as to make a funnel and pour 
 
64 
 
 the medicine out of a lone: neck bottle slowly in, 
 allowing him to swallow gradually. The dog should 
 be made to sit down, and if not willing to submit 
 quietly, help must be had to hold him quietly and 
 firmly until he has swallowed the dose. It pays to 
 go about it rightly — saves the dog from fatigue and 
 irritation, and is quickly and properly done. 
 
 When a dog is not seriously sick and does not 
 refuse all food, many drugs in pill form may be 
 put in bits of beef and thrown at him to catch and 
 swallow. Always throw him one or two pieces 
 without the pill to get him to catching and swal- 
 lowing without suspicion, then let the piece with 
 the pill go and he will take it down without any 
 trouble. 
 
 We do not approve, however, of giving medicine 
 to sick dogs in any food or drink. It is generally 
 discovered and they neither take the medicine 
 when needed, nor their food for some time after- 
 wards. It is best to face the music, get the dog in 
 your power and give the remedy promptly and 
 properly. 
 
 When an injection is needed the dog's buttocks 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 65 
 
 should be elevated, an assistant should hold him, 
 and the fluid itijected quietly and in sufficient 
 quantity from a fountain syringe, or a common one 
 if necessary. 
 
 ^-. 
 
W^MBMAM. ©ISE^SBS 
 
 mimwwUma, 
 
 ^ HE digestive system of the dog is liable to 
 the same derangements as the human subject, 
 and consequently diarrhoea especially is not an 
 uncommon affection and usually is easily managed, 
 but now and then it becomes a matter of serious 
 moment. 
 
 It must be borne in mind that many causes can 
 be found for the production of tliis trouble and 
 that it is a very valuable point to discover the 
 cause, for frequently a removal of the same will 
 allow the dog to get well. Such is not always the 
 case, however, and the dog will require certain 
 medication to restore him to health We have 
 
TJiE gentleman's dog. 67 
 
 found tlie chief causes to be due to worms, (in pup- 
 pies especially) overfeeding on raw meat, or too 
 long continuaiice on a common diet, and cold from 
 dampness of bedding or insufficient housing. From 
 long observation we are convinced that in tlie 
 grown dog we have entirely too much diarrhoea 
 and dysentery from want of dry, warm and proper- 
 ly ventilated sleeping quarters. For seven or eight 
 months in the year the dog needs a comfortable 
 "living room, ".house or bedroom as you choose to 
 designate the place he looks upon as "his room." 
 WJien he comes in tired and warm he should not 
 be compelled to sleep und( r the steps, or in the 
 woodshed, nor down in the l)Mrn where cold drafts 
 of wind may strike him when he curls up for an 
 hour's rest. He should know^ just wliere he can 
 find a quiet, protected, sweet-smelling bed to rest 
 on and to which he can return for tlie night's rest. 
 The dog that comes home chilled from exposure 
 to cold rain, and consequently with resisting powers 
 lowered from fatigue, needs just such a place as we 
 have described. It should be roomy enough to 
 allow him to wallow on some dry liay, tags or leaves 
 
68 
 
 and tlien to find a dry place to sleep upon. To 
 provide sncli qnarters requires a little time and 
 trouble and a dollar or two; but isn't a decent, faith- 
 ful friend and loving companion worth this much? 
 
 Diarrhoeas need different lines of treatment in 
 accordance with the actual disturbed conditions of 
 the alimentary tract. Some diarrhoeas are salutary 
 and are relieving the dog of matters that should be 
 expelled, hence it would be bad practice to sudden- 
 ly check up such cases with astringents and opiates. 
 If the dog is in good .condition otherwise, it would 
 be well to moderate his diet for a day or two — let 
 him keep reasonably quiet, and feed him on a little 
 well cooked rice with a little boiled milk. An 
 ounce of pulverized gum arable may be dissolved 
 in a quart of water, which should be used for his 
 drinking water. 
 
 If this doesn't relieve him and there is a tendency 
 for the passages to become more watery and fre- 
 quent, a tablespoon ful of castor oil and a teaspoon- 
 ful of paregoric should be given and if necessary 
 repeated in eight or ten hours. In place of the 
 above a teaspoonful of the aromatic syrup of 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 69 
 
 rhubarb two or tliree times a day will be found 
 very effective. It may be necessary to add 10 or 15 
 drops of laudanum or a teaspoon ful of paregoric, if 
 the rhubarb alone is ineffective. This is about all 
 required for the ordinary case of diarrhoea due to 
 indigestion or cold. The diet should be bland and 
 simple, consisting of boiled rice, boiled milk thick- 
 ened with wheat flour, stale biscuit crumbled in 
 milk, or a little beef broth well thickened. The 
 dog should be kept warm and comfortable and his 
 drink limited to gum arable or slippery elm water. 
 In puppies where worms are the cause they 
 should be treated for worms — according to direc- 
 tions under that head elsewhere in this vohime. 
 
 B>3rS'©at©Ey. 
 
 Dysentery, while somewhat akin to diarrhoen, 
 must be treated differently, as they are by no means 
 the same affections nor do they arise from the 
 same causes altogether. Cases of diarrhoea very 
 often end up in dysentery, but this is as a result of 
 neglected treatment of the first disease. 
 
 Usually dysentery in the dog is due to direct 
 
70 THE (lENTLEMAN^S DOG. 
 
 cold or chillin(y which either congests the bowels or 
 affects the liver in advance of the attack. This 
 being the case, it is almost alwa3'S good practice to 
 commence by using a mild cathartic with some 
 gentle mercurial to stimulate the liver and clean 
 out offending material from the bowels. 
 
 In tliis trouble the dog is likely to have consider- 
 able thirst, k^ss of appetite and frequent strainings of 
 mucus and blood in small quantities. This condi- 
 tion is painful and soon prostrates a dog unless he 
 is promptly and properly treated. He should be 
 confined and made to keep quiet in some vacant 
 room or close lot; his drinking water should be cut 
 down to some extent and his diet confined to about 
 what we have outlined for diarrhoea. 
 
 It is our custom to give at first a dose of castor 
 oil and if it relieves the straining we wait awhile 
 and see what rest, warmth, and dieting will do. If 
 the trouble seems to be unrelieved in 24 hours, we 
 would give the following: 
 
 Calomel, 2 grains. 
 Opiun], 1 grain. 
 
 Make four pills. Give one every hour. 
 
THE GENTLEMAN S DOG. 
 
 ti 
 
 If the dog is in much pain or seems unusually 
 feverish or thirsty, in place of the above the follow- 
 ing is better: 
 
 Epsom Salts 1 Tablespoonful. 
 
 Pulv. Gum Arabic 1 " 
 
 Paregoric 1 " 
 
 Water 8 " 
 
 Mix well together and shake, and give one table- 
 spoonful every hour or two until relieved. 
 
 If the bloody straining is very severe and increas- 
 ing after use of above remedies, the dog should 
 have a rectal injection of laudanum and starch, just 
 as we administer to the human subject. Make a 
 thick starch and to a small syringeful add 20 or 30 
 drops of laudanum and slowly inject same, having 
 the dog's hind parts elevated, and hold rectum to- 
 gether for a little while to retain the mixture. In 
 any of these abdominal troubles when the dog 
 becomes weakened from the disease and pain, it is 
 good practice to give him a raw egg now and then, 
 and even better to give liim a few teaspoonfuls of 
 good whiskey in egg or milk punch. It not only 
 nourishes and sustains him, but greatly relieves the 
 
?2 
 
 pain from inflammation and gaseous distension of 
 the intestines. 
 
 Distemper. 
 
 This is unfortunately a very serious disease and 
 while it may be in many instances easily cured with- 
 in a week or two, it is one of the most obstinate 
 and dangerous diseases with serious sequelae when 
 neglected or improperly treated. 
 
 The Symptoms of distemper are a general dull- 
 ness especially al)out the eyes, loss of appetite, no 
 disposition to be playful. Dog looks miserable and 
 dejected and within a few days is taken with a ca- 
 tarrhal sneezing cough. The disease is in effect an 
 almost perfect counterpart of epidemic influenza or 
 La Grippe in the human subject and if treated 
 with this idea in view from its inception can fre- 
 quently be aborted within the first week. The gen- 
 eral muscular soreness, aching in limbs, feverish- 
 ness, pains and marked debility and depression all 
 remind ns of a typical case of Grippal influenza. 
 
 The chief indications to be met are to open the 
 bowels with a gentle laxative — one or two teaspoon- 
 
t3 
 
 fuls of castor oil is the best; to reduce fever and 
 allay congestion and pain — a pill of 2 grains of an- 
 tikamnia, one grain of quinine and ^ grain of pulv. 
 capsicum given 3 times a day (or one antikamnia 
 and quinine tablet) will hold him in a very comfort- 
 able shape; and lastly to sustain his strength, which 
 may be done by putting him in warm, quiet quar- 
 ters, keeping him free from excitement or annoy- 
 ance and feeding on light, relishable nutrient. A 
 pan of beef broth, a saucer of warm milk or cool 
 milk if he is very feverish will be relished. Mush 
 and milk or grits and milk make an excellent diet 
 for him. He should have an abundance of fresh 
 water, and be allowed to take moderate exercise of 
 his own accord in good weather. If he seems to 
 be unusually depressed and failing, it is advisable to 
 give him a teaspoonful of some good oil emulsion 
 or codliver oil 3 times a day. Added to this, if 
 necessary for great weakness we w^ould give a little 
 cream toddy or eggnog several times a day and, if 
 still showing symptoms of serious depression, we 
 would suggest i to 2 drops of tincture of nux 
 vomica 3 times a day 
 
74 
 
 Where the head symptoms are severe and the 
 nostrils are stopped up with mucus or purulent 
 secretions, much relief will be afforded by wiping 
 into each nostril or right across the nose a mixture 
 consisting of olive oil, liquid albolene each 2 
 drams (120 grains) and menthol 15 grains. This 
 will open the nostrils and encoura^re a discharge of 
 the offensive secretions; and wheie cough is very 
 troublesome and the respiration is embarrassed, 
 there is much good to be derived from the use of 
 Glyco- Heroin in teaspoonful doses 3 or 4 times a 
 day. This excellent preparation is put up by the 
 Martin H. Smith Co., of New York, who will ship 
 it directly to you if your local druggist does not 
 carry it in stock. It is known as "Glyco- Heroin- 
 Smith" and should be so specitied when ordering it. 
 It is almost alwaj^s needed in this disease, and sel- 
 dom fails to relieve. A few drops of oil of tar rub- 
 bed over the dog's nose or on his tongue clears res- 
 piration and opens the head very well in some cases. 
 
 A case taken early and treated sensibly should be 
 well within a week or two instead of running on 
 for months and ending in chorea or paralysis. 
 
75 
 
 To recapitulate, we wish to impress upon our 
 readers tliat we have noted the striking resemblance 
 of this disease to La Grippe in tlie human subject 
 and we have found further that care and treatment 
 of the dog under this point of view has given us 
 the best results. It is the chronic case of both dis- 
 eases that is tlie serious one and likely to be follow- 
 ed by paralysis, chorea or congestion of lungs end- 
 ing in pneumonia or tuberculosis. 
 
 We see cases of distemper of an acute character 
 in the dog which are well, under vigorous treatment 
 or by reason of extra constitutional vigor, in a week. 
 We see cases of acute Grippe in the human subject 
 that pass off in three days under a good purge, a 
 hot mustard foot bath, and ten grains of antikam- 
 nia and quinine followed by a sweat, and twenty- 
 four hours in bed. On the other hand we see the 
 same disease drag on for weeks ending in death or 
 permanent invalidism. These are the cases that tax 
 the judgment and patience of prescriber and nurse. 
 
 Therefore when your dog shows symptoms of tins 
 disease you should take his case in hand seriously 
 and not lose a moment in waiting to see if he will 
 
76 • 
 
 not be better to-morrow. The disease is one that 
 strikes at his vitals and prostrates him speedily. 
 Everything that will maintain his powers should be 
 utilized. Bear in mind that the whole mucous 
 membrane in the dog is in a state of conges- 
 tion — that he is having catarrh of the bronchial 
 tubes and their ramifications in the lungs, that 
 his breathing will be embarrassed and his blood 
 consequently impaired and poisoned by reason of 
 insufficient aeration. He will have catarrh of stom- 
 ach and his appetite and digestion will fail. Keep 
 this before you and you will see how necessary it 
 will be to make him perfectly comfortable in his 
 room. The temperature should be such as to avoid 
 any cold draft or chill from moisture, the air should 
 be pure and enough for his need and his bed should 
 be clean, soft and free from humps, so that he rests 
 without any effort to find an easj lying spot. 
 
 In the inflammatory stage of this disease, which 
 is the first three or four days, you will try to reduce 
 fever and headache by slight laxatives and fever re 
 ducers that do not depress. We do not recommend 
 aconite in distemper (or dog Grippe), but prefer 
 
'iKK (4KNI LKMAn's DdG. 77 
 
 the milder and safer agents, such as spts. nitre, cool 
 sweet milk or antikamnia about half a tablet every 
 2 or 3 hours. Within a few days after the com- 
 mencement of the attack unless it is aborted, you 
 \v\\\ observe the increasing catarrhal progress and 
 the accompanying debility. The dog will be suffer- 
 ing from headache; his weak eyes and hebetude 
 will indicate this. I^ow you need to stimulate his 
 secretions, help his breathing and hold up his gen- 
 eral strength. Here is the place to use Glyco-Her- 
 oin-Smith, as we have described; this will clear his 
 bronchial tubes and help him bring up the clogging 
 secretions. He will breathe deeply and his head 
 will clear up. Now is also time to feed for pur- 
 poses of keeping his powers up at this critical stage. 
 His diet should be very easily digested and of am- 
 ple value as a blood builder. If he will not volun- 
 tarily take milk, broth, nor mush, you must stimu- 
 late him at regular intervals with milk toddy, egg- 
 nog and beef broth, fed by way of the mouth in 
 funnel fa-^hion as we have described in giving li- 
 quids. 
 
 With care and right attention nearly all dogs 
 
78 THE gentleman's DOG. 
 
 should be saved — but more of them die from neg- 
 lect or treating by half-lianded metliods. 
 
 Our friend, Polk Miller, of this city, one of the 
 best fellows on earth to day, and who knows more 
 about dogs than any man in Virginia, gives some 
 excellent and timely advice on the subject of 
 distemper which we take the liberty of copying 
 bodily from his little book "Dogs." Jn reference 
 to the brain symptoms in this disease he says: 
 
 "Every portion of the body of the dog in which 
 there is a "mucous membrane" — and that's almost 
 everywhere — is affected by this disease. But the 
 head seems to be the part mostly affected. The 
 dog doesn't seem to be able, as a man is, to 
 "blow his nose" frequently, and thus get rid of tlie 
 mucus, nor can he take a pinch of snuff to loosen 
 up the accumulation. It finds a lodgment tliere, 
 and seems to produce fever^ which finally goes to 
 the brain. I do not despise the remedy which the 
 the folks in the country used when 1 was a boy, for 
 I have seen great clots of mucus come from the 
 nose of a dog which inhaled burnt tar and feathers. 
 They shut the dog up in a close room, and made the 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. Y9 
 
 air stifliug with the odor, and after remaining in it 
 for an hour, I have seen dogs come forth sneezing 
 and slinging mucus for six feet around. I have 
 seen men do the same thing after taking a pinch of 
 snuff, and thej felt better afterwards. Try it on 
 your dog. 
 
 There is evidently inflammation of the brain in 
 bad cases of distemper, and I've seen the most won- 
 derful recoveries from the use of a seton, which 
 acted as a counter irritant, and brought the inflam- 
 mation to the surface. Tliis is done as follows: 
 Take up about an inch of the skin of the dog just 
 back of the base of the skull, on his neck, and run 
 a big needle (called a bodkin) straight tlirough. 
 Thread the bodkin with some coarse twine, such as 
 is used by grocers (the coarser the better) pull it 
 through, leaving about three to four inches of the 
 twine on either side of the wound. Work it back 
 and forth a few times, and then tie it and leave it 
 in. Next day, and for several days, untie it, and 
 saw back and forth through the wound, so as to pre- 
 vent its healing. Keep this up until the dog be- 
 gins to show signs of recovery. This is a simple 
 
80 
 
 and easy way of treating a dog, and tliere is 
 little or no pain about it. Many a man's life has 
 been saved in pneumonia by tlie blistering of bis 
 chest, in order to draw the inflammation from his 
 lungs to the surface, and since, on account of the 
 hair of the dog, we cannot apply a blister, the se- 
 ton is the next best thing. 
 
 One very important thing is not to allow the dis- 
 ease to get too great a start ; but, as soon as you 
 suspect it, go to your nearest drug or sporting goods 
 store and purchase a box of Sergeant's Condition 
 Pills, which, acting as a powerful tonic and altera- 
 tive, will build up his system to such an extent as to 
 prevent the disease from making any headway 
 whatever." 
 
 'Manage— { SGratcties}, 
 
 The symptoms of this trouble are so well known 
 that they hardly require mentioning. The victim 
 of this annoying and loathsome disease is biting and 
 scratching all the time until his skin is thoroughly in- 
 flamed, red, pustulous and scat)by. The disease is due 
 to parasitic infection and usually requires both local 
 
TtTK GP:NTLEMAN-8 DOG. SO 
 
 and poor elimination, accnmnlate morbid products 
 in the blood rapidly and develop all phases of 
 rlientnatic troubles. Unlike some dogs who have a 
 happy balance of exercise with sensible food, they 
 are not in shape to throw off waste products and 
 consequently suffer tlie penalty of liaving indulgent 
 masters who believe in cndcllinof and feeding. 
 
 But indolence and overfeeding ai'e not the sole 
 causes of rheumatism in the dog. A hard day's 
 Imnt, a full meal of meat, and a good night's chill- 
 ing will do the work just as well. After a day of 
 hard work late in the chill Noveinl)er days when 
 yo-ur dog drags himself up to the poich and flops 
 himself down for relief from his severe fatigue, he 
 needs more attention than you would if you did 
 such a foolish thing. In thirty minutes he will be 
 fast asleep and chilled to the marrow. Bis blood 
 will be driven in upon the vital organs and he will 
 have congestion of the lungs, kidneys and liver. 
 It may not proceed far enough to bring on serious 
 consequences to those organs themselves, but it will 
 interfere with all of their functions and leave the 
 dog's muscles atid blood charged with the poison 
 
90 THE gp:ntleman^s dog. 
 
 that producefi rheumatism and muscular soreness. 
 
 The prevention of rlieumatism is better than its 
 cure. In the lirst place do not stuff jour dog with 
 too much meat, but feed him on a generous mixed 
 diet, especially enough corn pone, grits or shorts to 
 keep his bowels in a healthy condition, then protect 
 him from cold and dampiiees when he is exhausted 
 from hard work. In fact, as we have stated else- 
 where, a dog when in repose slnnild be comfortable 
 and pi'otected fiom cold and wet. 
 
 When he comes in after your day's hunt, you 
 should give him a pan of water if he is thirsty, 
 then a bowl of sweet milk, a bit or two of bread and 
 allow him to lie down eitlier in a comfortable close 
 kennel or with a coverlet over him if on the porch. 
 After two hours rest you can give him a full, nu- 
 tritious supper, and you will find him all right next 
 morning for another glorious day afield. 
 
 If you have been so unfortunate as to allow your 
 dog to contract this painful affection, tlien he must 
 be treated and carefully housed. His diet should 
 be lessened in quantity and changed in quality. 
 Milk, buttermilk, mush, '• pot liquor'^ and cooked 
 
'I'HK gentleman's dog. 9i 
 
 greens are good. A light purge of rochelle salts, 
 or cream of tartar every other day for a few days 
 will help him. Tiie great remedy for tliis trouble, 
 for direct antidoting and removing pain and the 
 cause of it, is usually salicylic acid in some com- 
 bination such as salicylate of sodium. This may be 
 given in live grain doses three times a day until 
 the dog is relieved. 
 
 What we greatly prefer however, botli for con- 
 venience of administration and universal relief, is 
 Antikamnia and Salol. This may be had in a sin- 
 gle tablet, and one may be given two or three times 
 a day, which will afford speedy relief. 
 
 §5t. ^ritms'^ ©aae©. ( ©h.©^©®). 
 
 The dog, like his human friends, is subject to 
 many nervous troubles and none more disabling to 
 himself nor painful to his master than Chorea. 
 This is a troublesome affection to get at by reason 
 of its obscure origin. In one so sensitive as the 
 dog, it may result from many very different causes, 
 consequently it is one of those difficult diseases to 
 
0^ THE GH:NTLKMAN 8 DOG. 
 
 find the particular disturbing or exciting cause. 
 
 In a few cases we have been able to trace this 
 trouble to worms, but the cause is usually of a far 
 graver nature and not amenable to successful treat- 
 ment. 
 
 The majority of cases are simply the end results 
 of graver antecedent diseases, notably and princi- 
 pally distemper. We have feen more ca^es follow- 
 ing distemper than from all other causes. Wheth- 
 er chorea is partial or general its teat is always in 
 the central nervous system (the brain or spinal col- 
 umn) and as long as the brain or spinal cord is con- 
 gested or pressed upon, or irritated from nervous 
 impulses sent back through tlie nerves of sensation 
 in skin, muscle or digestive system, we will have 
 these irregular jerky muscular movements. 
 
 Now we have tried to make the matter plain to 
 our readers how this affection is kept up, and we 
 trust they will be able to treat their dogs, under- 
 standingly. While most authorities hold out verj 
 little hope of cure of a choreic dog, it is by no 
 means a reason why we should not analyze each case 
 and make an effort along sensible lines. A fair 
 
oa 
 
 Dumber have been cured, many more might be if 
 the proper ideas were followed out. The main re- 
 liance has been in strychnine in small doses which 
 has failed oftener than it has brought relief. 
 
 Looking upon this disease in the true light we 
 find that congestion of the spine will produce it; 
 that morbid pressure from inflammatory deposits 
 will do it, and that irritation reflected to brain or 
 spine will do it. 
 
 Now it is advisable to give strychnine a fair trial 
 for a month. If this fails and the case is one that 
 has followed distemper we would assume that there 
 was chronic irritation, congestion or deposits in 
 brain or cord and would discontinue strychnine and 
 give an absorbent such as iodide of potassium. A 
 most excellent prescription would be: 
 
 Iodide of Potassium, One dram. 
 Fluid Extract Ergot, " " 
 Syrup Wild Cherry, 4 ounces. 
 Give teaspoonful morning and evening. 
 
 Usually the dog will be benefited by a little irri- 
 tating liniment rubbed down the spine, not enough 
 to blister, but to warm things up a little. There is 
 
94 THE gentleman's dog. 
 
 nothirifi: better than capsicr.ni vaseline. It may he 
 bought ill little tubes for ten cents from your drug- 
 gist. 
 
 We have found very mild descending galvanic 
 currents to do much good in a few cases, but on the 
 whole treatment is not as t^atisfactcjry as it should 
 be, but enough cases are curable to warrant the 
 trouble with a valuable dog. 
 
 Caavulsloa^ ©ir Fits, 
 
 Fits in puppies generally arise from worms, con- 
 stipation, or over feeding with meat. Remove the 
 cause and usually the puppy is all right. In older 
 dogs we find a somewhat different condition, for 
 they seem to partake of epileptic seizures, and usu- 
 ally follow from (-onstipation or over exertion and 
 excitement. 
 
 For such dogs we would advise a laxative diet, 
 moderate exeicise and a brain and nervous sedative. 
 We know of nothirig better than the followinor: 
 Bromide of Sodium, i ounce. 
 
 Fluid Extract of Erij:ot, 2 drams. 
 
95 
 
 Sjrnp Acacia, 1 ounce. 
 
 Distilled water, 3 ounces. 
 
 Give teaspoonful twice a day. 
 
 If the (log is poorly nourislied and not s<^rong, in- 
 stead of the above we would give the following pill 
 morning and evening fur a week or two at a time: 
 
 Sulphate of Iron, 10 grains. 
 
 Extract Nux Yomica, 4 grains. 
 
 Extract Taraxacum, 30 grains. 
 Make into 30 pills. 
 
 Should you prefer a liquid instead of this pill 
 your druggist can prepare this for you: 
 
 Dialysed Iron, ^ ounce. 
 
 Tincture Nux Vomica. 1 dram. 
 
 Fid. Ext. Taraxacum, 2 ounces. 
 
 Syr. Simple, 2 " 
 
 Mix and give dog teaspoon ful 3 times a day. 
 
 I.£e©. 
 
 There is no greater pest nor one least suspected 
 than lice on dogs. As a general rule one is not apt 
 to think of a dog having lice on him. Somehow it 
 
96 
 
 is unusual to see a do^ owner who su8[)icions lice 
 when he finds his dog annoyed with an intractal)le 
 itching and an irrital)le skin. He may think 
 of fleas, eczema, or scratches, but seldom cloiselj ex- 
 amines his «log for those dreadful pests. 
 
 The greatest surprise we ever had was in a case 
 of a beautiful setter which seemed to go almost 
 wild from an acute erythema. We regulated his 
 digestion, and bathed him in soothing lotions, but 
 no relief. Finally we took a strong glass and ex 
 amined the skin closely at the roots of the hairs, 
 when we found him simply alive with millions of 
 the smallest lice. 
 
 Quick work can be made of these invaders with 
 the following: 
 
 Kerosene oil, 3 ounces. 
 
 Liquid Alboleiie, 4 ounces. 
 Spirits Turpentine, 1 ounce. 
 Mix — Rub well inro dog's hide and wash with a 
 good soap suds next day. 
 
 Polk Miller gives the following: 
 Kerosene oil, 1 pint. 
 
 Melted lard, ^ " 
 
81 
 
 and internal treatment after it has become chronic. 
 
 After thoroughly cleansing the skin with some 
 good carbi)lizod soap or alkaline wash, the dog 
 should be treated to an inunction of some one of 
 the various specific oil preparations or ointments 
 containing some paraciticide. The basis of all of 
 the local applications for the cure of scratches will 
 be found to be sulphur, tar or carbolic acid held in 
 oily suspension. Sometimes one is taker, and fre 
 quently all are used in one prescription. 
 
 The great secret in the whole range of external 
 remedies consists in getting them thoroughly ap 
 plied to the hide, which is not only difficult but 
 disagreeable unless it is undertaken seriously and 
 with a full determination to do it as it should be 
 done. And next to this thorough application of 
 the remedy in importance is the prevention of re- 
 infection. 
 
 Unless great care is taken to keep the dog quar- 
 antined so that he cannot lounge and sleep about 
 promiscuously, you cannot destroy all of his bed 
 ding and disinfect his quarters after he is well; and 
 unless this is done he will reinfect himself airain 
 
82 THE gentleman's dog. 
 
 and again and you will finally conclude that you 
 have an incurable case on your hands. Unless the 
 treatment is properly conducted in all of its details, 
 this is one of the most unmanageable diseases we 
 ever encountered; and where it is properly handled 
 it is always easily cured. 
 
 One of the best English setters we ever owned 
 was ruined by this half-handed treatment in the 
 beginning. He had an unusual coat of very long 
 hair and we employed what we supposed was a 
 good, responsible negro man to give him his pre- 
 paratory scrubbing and to follow with the inunction. 
 We left the matter to him for the first week or ten 
 days, when to our horror we found the dog suffer- 
 ing from blood poisoning from absorption of pus 
 from the numerous ulcers and abscesses concealed 
 under his matted and half washed hair But for 
 our great affection for the poor beast we would 
 have humanely ended his life. As it was, after six 
 months of the most intense suffering on his part 
 and the most troublesome attention on our part, he 
 ci\u\e out of the disease with the loss of every hair 
 on him, and as deaf as a post. The poor dog seem 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 83 
 
 ed to be conscious of liis ^reat affliction, and avoided 
 his friends and former acquaintances, staying in In's 
 kennel most of the time and finally wandered away 
 one day and never returned. We firmly believe 
 he died of grief over his luimiliating affliction. We 
 give this as an example of what ma}^ happen from 
 half-way treating some unusual cases of this very 
 contagious and loathsome disease when it first 
 makes its appearance — the very time to put in your 
 best efforts. 
 
 Coming to the treatment proper we would advise, 
 except in very cold weatlier, that all long haired 
 dogs should be clipped, so that their skins can be 
 well washed and medicated ointments or oils easily 
 applied to the entire surface. We do not say this 
 is absolutely necessary, but it saves a deal of labor 
 and insures correct treatment and earlier cure. It 
 favors against the dog's reinfecting hiinself from 
 concealed secretions under matted hair. 
 
 After cutting the hair if you conclude do so, 
 then give the dog a good cleansino^ bath, with the 
 chill slightly taken off, of carbolized soap suds or 
 castile soap with a tablespoonful of creolin in the 
 
84 
 
 Wetter. Kub him well, in fact, scrub him clean. 
 When he bus been thoroughly dried off or rubbed 
 dry then apply either of the following preparations 
 to every portion of his body except his eyes — with 
 the hands just £^0 over the dog working it into 
 every inch of his skin. 
 
 You can select from the following — they are all 
 good — the main thing is to use them faithfully, and 
 so as to hit the spot : 
 
 Dr. Hall in his treatise gives this: 
 Sulphur Sublimed 8 ozs. 
 Whale Oil 8 ozs. 
 
 Oil of Tar | oz. 
 
 Mix thoroughly. 
 
 Polk Miller, whom we have already introduced, 
 gives the following: 
 
 ^'Take quarter-pound each of tar and sulphur 
 and one pound of vaseline. Mix them thoroughly 
 (first the tar and vaseline) and add to the mix- 
 ture a half ounce of pure carbolic acid. After 
 thoroughly greasing the dog with it — once in two 
 days —wash him off well with warm water and 
 soap. When dry apply an ointment as before. 
 
THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 86 
 
 Two or three applications generally cure, but it may 
 be necessary to make as many more." 
 
 We have derived most excellent results from the 
 following prescriptions given us by our friend, Dr. 
 Chas. H. Epps, Y. S., of this city: 
 Sulphur 4 ounces. 
 
 Pot. Bicarb ^ ounce. 
 Petrolatum 6 ounces. 
 Work into an ointment and apply as directed. 
 Another good one: 
 Fish Oil 1 qt. 
 
 Sulphur 1 lb. 
 
 01 Tar 4 ounces. 
 
 01 Turpentine 2 ounces. 
 Mix. 
 
 In chronic cases where thw blood needs alterative 
 remedies he prefei'S the following: 
 Fowler's Solution of Arsenic. 
 Give 2 drops first day and increase 2 drops every 
 day until you get to 20, then decrease 2 a day until 
 you get back to 2 drops. 
 
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 "Worms. 
 
 The man who knows how to successfully treat 
 Distemper, Scratches and Worms in his dogs is pre 
 pared to meet four- fifths of the troubles that he 
 will encounter. These are the three bugbears of 
 the canine practitioner or dog owner. For this 
 reason we have devoted unusual space to the fore- 
 going subjects and now we shall try to show the 
 important part played by these intestinal parasites 
 in producing a multitude of ills in the puppy and 
 grown dog alike. 
 
 All dogs under certain conditions are liable to be 
 infested by this curse, and especially the puppy. 
 Their presence is responsible for fictitious appetite, 
 loss of strength and animation, dead and lusterless 
 coats, chronic diarrhoeas, fits, chorea, weakness of 
 loins and irregular gait. 
 
 Dogs fed on infected, decomposing refuse foods 
 are moi-e likely to eat the e^ga or ova producing 
 these worms, and such dogs with impaired digestion 
 and foul contents in stomach and intestinal tract 
 are njore likely to develop and mature these worms. 
 
TiiE gentleman's dog. 8t 
 
 Consequently a doiy; with worms necessarily has 
 feeble digestion on the one hand and on the other 
 is much more likely to develop the ova when in- 
 troduced into his digestive tract. It is obvious 
 therefore that as a preventive of worms there is 
 nothing better than attention to the proper diet. 
 
 Now when you see your puppy on a decline, with 
 scrubby hair and a miserable little diarrhoea, you 
 may suspicion woims. If he has a lit now and 
 then along with these symptoms, yuu may be still 
 more certain. Your older dog is nut as likely to 
 have fits nor diarrhoea, but he may have both along 
 with his bleared eyes, voracious appetite, rough 
 coat, and loss of flcbh. Of course, if you notice 
 worms in his defecations, it is positive proof of his 
 infection. Nevertheless, the general symptoms 
 will be enough to warrant the assumption that your 
 dog is "wormy." 
 
 Like many other trembles, human and canine, in 
 this case the diagnosis (ascertaining what disease is 
 present) is of more importance than the treatment, 
 for this can be made effective quite easily with the 
 proper remedies. You can buy a number of pre- 
 
^8 THE GP]NTLKMAn's IX)(i. 
 
 paratioiiti under various names for expelling worms, 
 and most of them are good, and if directions are 
 followed will relieve the dog of his internal enemies. 
 But all of them depend upon one ingredient viz: 
 Santonin, the active principle of wormseed. 
 
 You can get from your druggist a few grains or 
 tahleis of Santonin, give tlie prctper dose to your 
 dog— say half grain to grain and a half, according 
 to age and size, and in tliree liours follow witli a 
 good purge of castor oil. Some prescrihers prefer 
 to give santonin and oil togetlier, hut we prefer 
 giving the vermicide an hour or two ahead to kill 
 the worms l)efore sweeping them out with the oil. 
 
 Tills is all there is to worm expelliiig, in a nut 
 shell, and if you have not so and so's remedy at 
 hand, you will do just as well with what we have 
 given you. 
 
 :]^h,euniatisra, 
 
 Many {)eople forget that the dog is especially 
 prone to rheumatistn and goufy affections, particular- 
 ly I lie well fed, miiidle aged, city dog. These ani- 
 nials hy reason of insufficiint exercise, rich food 
 
THE GKNTLKMAN'ti DUG. 97 
 
 Spirits TurpeDtiiie, -J gill. 
 Mix and apply as above. 
 
 ©©mghs« 
 
 The dog is subject to colds and pulmonary and 
 bronchial congh, acute and chronic. 
 
 The best line of treatment is to make the dog 
 warm and comfortable, regulate iiis bowels, and 
 give him a stimulating and soothing mixture. The 
 cod liver oil emulsions are excellent, raw eggs are 
 good, but the very best remedy for tiiis entire state 
 of affairs is Glyco Heroin-Smith. Teaspoon ful three 
 or four times a day. • 
 
 
TmM mo^mmmm ®@©^ 
 
 fffr^-, LL dog owners and do": lovei-s should be pre- 
 ^^^y pared to treat sudden injuries and wounds to 
 which the dog may be exposed. It is the unexpect- 
 ed that happens, and it usually liappens wlien you 
 are away from help and dependent upon yourself. 
 
 It is unpardonable in anyone to allow a dog to 
 die from loss of blood from an opeii wound or 
 severed artery, or for a broken leg to be allowed to 
 swing and grind its fragments until the poor dog 
 can drag itself home. These things have occurred 
 and may occur again with anyone who does not 
 infor?!! himself and is not prepared to meet the con- 
 ditions. 
 
 The usual lacerated or incised wounds are accom.. 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 99 
 
 panied vvitli either capillary or arterial heniorrliage. 
 Where no artery is cut, we have simply oozing 
 (capillary hemorrhage). In such cases all that is 
 necessary is to cleanse the wound with simple water, 
 no soaps nor carbolic acid, and dnst on a little iodo- 
 form for ordinary abraded wounds. 
 
 If the wonnd is deeper and gaping, it shonld be 
 bronght together with a compress and bandage, or 
 by means of a stitch or two, and the iodoform or 
 other antiseptic dressing powder sprinkled over all, 
 not inside hefore drawing together^ as we would on 
 an ordinary abraded or surface wound tiiat must 
 heal graduall} by granulation. Bear this in mind 
 for deeply cut or lacerated wounds that are brought 
 together must not have any drug, chemical or 
 powder left inside after closing. 
 
 We wish to call your attention here to another 
 one of the popular crazes which we liope you will 
 not fall into. It is the eternal cry about germs, 
 antiseptics, blood poison and the like. It is fashion- 
 able nowadays to tight unseen geims, and the poor 
 child and his playmate, the dog, are both to be 
 pitied when they fall into the hands of the germ 
 
100 
 
 crazy faddist, whether he be a fool doctor or an 
 excitable layman. 
 
 No poison applied to any wound facilitates its 
 healing, and if used tv.o freely, retards and prevents 
 it. Most of the germicides and antiseptics are 
 poisonous and are used to kill something, and while 
 they are killing the imaginary germs they may kill 
 the healing processes or the dog! 
 
 We do not discourage sanitary antisepsis in its 
 proper application, but used foolishly and in the 
 wrong place, so-called antiseptics liave done a world 
 of harm. Your dog is sure to lick his wounds, and 
 nature intended that he should, but it never intend- 
 ed that he should lick carbolic acid, corrosive sub- 
 limate nor formaldehyde. 
 
 Mr. Lawson Tait, the most celebrated and success- 
 ful surgeon that Englai.d ever produced, wrote us 
 a little before his death that in his hundreds of 
 successful abdominal operations he never used any- 
 tliing about the patient l)ut plain water from the 
 hydrant tap. No man in this eountr}^ or Europe 
 has ever equalled Tail's sueesses. We introduce 
 
tHe gentleman's dog. lOl 
 
 this to assure you that you need not poison your 
 dog in trying to cure him! 
 
 But we will get back to the subject of hemorrhage. 
 If the wound has been deep and an artery lias been 
 divided, hemorrhage will be rapid and abundant. 
 No time is to be lott. The blood will come out in 
 a stream in spurts, unless the end of the artery is 
 obstructed by overlapping flesh, and then it will 
 come out as a flow — a rapid, running stream. 
 
 This kind of bleeding may be controlled in 
 several ways. If it is a snjall artery and over a 
 bony surface, it may be controlled by pressure 
 between the open wound arid the heart; just press 
 here and there until the flow is checked. Cold 
 applications and pressure with lint or cotton on the 
 wound itself will help. Most of the arteries in the 
 legs are found on the inner sides of the legs, this is 
 the phice to apply pressure. This is only safe for 
 small arteries. 
 
 A better way is to have a small pair of rattooth 
 forceps and try to see the spouting place and seize 
 it and twist it around once or twice. This is called 
 torsion, and will quickly arrest a dangerous hemor- 
 
102 THE GENTLEMAN^S DOG. 
 
 rliage. Anotlier most excellent way is to liave a 
 curved needle (sncb as surgeons use) with a well 
 waxed silk thread, and sponge or mop out the wound 
 until jou see exactly the spot from which the blood 
 is spouting, and then insert the point to one side of 
 the artery, carrj^ it under for J inch and bring it 
 out on opposite side and tie tightly across the mouth 
 of the bleeding vessel. This will arrest any hem- 
 orrhage. Cut one end of string short and Jet the 
 other hang out of the wound. After bleeding has 
 been stopped and clots and other foreign matter 
 have been cleaned away, bring the edges of the 
 wound together and take a few stitches with the 
 same curved nee<lle and stout silk thread. Tie the 
 stitches only moderately tight to allow for swelling, 
 which would cause them to cut out, if very tight. 
 
 The dressing over all should be simply dusting 
 with iodoform, aristol, baby powder or soot from the 
 chimney. Tyret's Antiseptic Powder, made by 
 our friend, J. S.. Tyree, Washington, D. C, is the 
 best thing you could get. 
 
 You may fix your dog up all right and yet make 
 a failure of his case by neglecting to provide a place 
 
TiiE gp]ntlkman's dog. lO^ 
 
 wliere lie can be kept quiet and free from disturb- 
 ance b}' tbe other dogs, horses or cattle about the 
 premises. A sick dog or a wounded dog doesn't 
 want to be played with or annoyed by other dogs 
 running over liim and jumping around him. Unless 
 he is in a good, safe room, he is in constant dread 
 and apprehension of being walked over when unable 
 to get about. So let us beg jou not to leave a 
 wounded dog to shuffle for himself after you have 
 dressed his injury, he needs your help more then 
 tiian ever. 
 
 In addition to wounds, the dog is liable to fractures 
 and disloca'tions, wliich need prompt attention also 
 A broken leg should not condemn. a dog to a life of 
 uselessness nor to ue shot because it is troublesome 
 to get him well. If your dog breaks his leg while 
 away from home, just take him in a vehicle or on a 
 stretcher and bring him home, after straightening 
 the limb and wrapping a few turns of a broad 
 handkerchief around it to keep it in place. 
 
 The novice mu^t not think that no one but a 
 professional man can properly adjust a broken bone. 
 He may not do it as well as a veterinarian, but he 
 
104 
 
 can do it well enough to make his dog comfortable 
 and bring about a satisfactory cure with a perfectly 
 useful leg. 
 
 All fractures require three thins^s for successful 
 unior, viz: replacement of the fragments, retaining 
 them in position, and non-use of same until the 
 callus or ferrule of organized plasma has been 
 thrown around the broken ends and solidified. 
 
 It is useless to* attempt to cure a broken leg and 
 allow your dog to flop around and sleep on the 
 porch floor or under the steps. Just what we have 
 said about giving the wounded dog a safe, quiet 
 place to stay in during his convalescence applies 
 even more forcibly to the dog with a broken leg. 
 Indeed, many cases of fracture in the smaller ani- 
 mals only require that the animal should be so con- 
 fined as to prevent it from attempting to travel 
 about. 
 
 The animal usually has no desire to move about 
 with a broken limb, and when he is confined to 
 restricted quarters and sees that he cannot get away 
 he will not attempt motion in such narrow limits. 
 
 Usually it is only necessary to pull the limb 
 
TtlE gentleman's DOG. l05 
 
 straight in small dogs, make a few turns of thick 
 felt clotli or canton flannel three or four inches 
 wide around the broken ends; secure with safety pins 
 or stitches, and confine the dog to limited quarters. 
 Tins bandage must not be tight enough to produce 
 congestion or swelling in the foot, but just enough 
 to act as a mild support. The majority of fractures 
 will be cured without deformity by this simple 
 procedure. Where the dog is a large, heavy animal 
 it is necessary to use more substantial means of 
 retaining big bones in place. 
 
 There are many expedients for doing this, but all 
 depend upon using some adaptable device or mate- 
 rial that can be moulded or fitted to the limb. We 
 must straighten the leg to the length of the corres- 
 ponding one, and then protect bony parts from 
 pressure of retaining splint by linen compresses or 
 other suitable padding. Now we can mould over 
 this a suitable retaining support from sole leather, 
 gutta perclia, binder's board, starch bandage or 
 plaster of paris. Probably the simplest for the 
 country man, aw^ay from the conveniences of the 
 city, is leather or pasteboard splint. This can be 
 
106 
 
 softened and brought snugly around tlie limb for 
 an inch or two above and below the fracture. It 
 can encircle the leg as a whole piece or be more 
 elaborately made in two pieces. Some turns of a 
 common bandage will hold it together or it may be 
 perforated and tied nicely with slioe laces or cord. 
 Remember, you must not squeeze the dog's leg, but 
 allow a little room f<'r circulation. If the dog per- 
 sists in getting up and moving around, it will be 
 well to put a little harness or jacket around his 
 shoulders and attach the bandage or retaining ap- 
 paratus from its upper margin to prevent its slip- 
 ping down too far, and in this manner you can 
 retain a loosely fitting splint in place. 
 
 Where the thigh bone is broken, it will be 
 necessary to use more care and a broad splint mould- 
 ed to embrace the whole leg. We would recommend 
 the accurate moulding of a piece of leather or 
 gutta percha from the dog's foot all along the an- 
 terior face c>f the leg above the seat of fracture, 
 good padding and the whole held up against this 
 splint by ample bandage and tight enough to hold 
 ri;ither well. In experienced hands, we would rec 
 
THE GKNTLiMAN S DOG. 
 
 lot 
 
 ommeiid a light plaster cast for the whole limb. 
 
 The time required for the union of these bones 
 varies from a week to three weeks, accord mg to age 
 and condition of the animal. As soon as a hard 
 enlargement is observed around the ends of the 
 bones, the retaining apparatus may be removed, 
 but the dog should only be allowed moderate ex- 
 ercise for a week or two longer. 
 
 <\(:^ 
 
MM HE WHISTLE.— While it is proper to train 
 ^1^ your dog to obey your spoken commands, it is a 
 matter of importance to train him always to come to 
 your wliistle. In this way he can be made to hear 
 at a far greater distance than he would hear the 
 voice and it would be no strain to you to sound the 
 wl)istle. You should use the little shrill metal or 
 hard rubber pocket whistle. 
 
 When a dog has been trained to come to tlie 
 whistle he will return to his master upon hearing it 
 more promptly than from any other call. 
 
 Rktkieving Fkom Watkk. — Every dog should be 
 encouraged to be fond of taking water, playing in 
 it and retrieving from it. Frequently it will happen 
 
THK gentleman's IX)G. 109 
 
 that game will fall into a river or lake wliere the 
 dog is the only one to get it. If your dog has been 
 made fund of water by throwing sticks in and hav- 
 ing him swim about after them and bringing tliem 
 out to yon, he will readily plunge in and bring your 
 duck or bird when ordered in by a wave of the 
 hand with or witliout the w(^rd "fetch." 
 
 Don't Lend Youk Dog Out. — The owner of a 
 good dog should think enough of him not to lend 
 him to the best friend he has on earth. More dogs 
 have been spoiled and ruined by being handled and 
 hunted by men of different dispositions than in any 
 other way. If a friend must hunt with your dog, 
 see that he hunts with ijou and your dog. This is 
 the only safe way,' for everybody's dog is nobody's 
 dog, and the first one to find it out is the dog himself. 
 
 A truly loyal dog wiil not follow anyone but his 
 master if his master has gained his affection. 
 
 We had a dog, dear old Hunter, to whose memo- 
 ry we have dedicated this book, who was the most 
 enthusiastic hunter we ever knew, and yet lie would 
 only hunt with us. If we were shooting in company 
 with others and dropped out he would leave the field 
 
110 the'gentleman's dog. 
 
 promptly wlien he discovered we were not hIod^. 
 
 Sore Feet. — Until a dosj o^ets his feet ton^h and 
 hard he is likely to suffer very much in the com- 
 mencement of the hunting season from tender feet. 
 The best thing we have ever tried for this is Mr. 
 Haberlein's suggestion in the Amateur Trainei^: 
 
 "During some weeks before actual work afield 
 shall commence, frequently give your dog I'uns of 
 moderate duration at first, increasing time and dis- 
 tance at each subsequent run. This will put a good 
 solid padding on the dog's feet. If cracks are 
 noticed to appear on the sole, besmear them with a 
 little castor oil or vaseline. After a tough, thick 
 sole has been produced, procure some pine tar, soft- 
 en this to the consistency of a sjriip, pour onto a 
 board or tin plate -^-^ of an inch deep and set dog's 
 foot in it, withdraw and set foot firmly down in a 
 pan of dust taken from a dusty road devoid of 
 sand. Treat each foot in this manner for three con- 
 secutive days before starting out on a hunting trip, 
 and redip once a week thereafter, and you will nev- 
 er be bothered by a lame dog, caused l)j wearing 
 Ills feet sore." 
 
THE GKNTLKMAn's DOG. Ill 
 
 Bkiaks and Bukks. — Many an cnthiifc^iastic dog 
 has been handicapped in his work and made to snf. 
 fer beverely by liaving a briar or thorn in his foot 
 wliere he conld not remove it, or a burr deeply 
 matted in his hair and grinding down upon sensi- 
 tive bleeding flesh. 
 
 'Now l)rother huntsman, when you see your dog 
 stop and lie down and try to get something out of 
 liis foot, don't leave it all to liim. Do just as one 
 of your family would for you if you had a sphnter 
 in your liatid — help him get it out! The same in- 
 junction applies to burrs under a tender ear. 
 
 The Collar — .Always see that the dog has com- 
 fortable room in his collar. When buckled around 
 liis neok run your liand through and see that it can 
 easily move around between collar and dog's neck. 
 See that it is wide enough to prevent twisting and 
 cutting under strain, and see that tliere are no riv- 
 ets or projections to hurt liim. This looks like a 
 sim|)l(^ matter, but these little tilings neglected im- 
 p;ni- the best work of your dog besides giving him 
 unnecessai-y pain and annoyance. 
 
M MikT^mA,!, MOMM MWH^EB, 
 
 E have told our readers a good deal about 
 ^•^]ijlg-(l training the hunting dog, which would in- 
 dicate that a dog must be trained to be of any ac- 
 count. Now in tlie main if this were not true we 
 would have but little claim (.n the great army of 
 huntsmen to buy this humble little volume. 
 
 But there are exceptions to all rules and these ex- 
 ceptions make a fellow^ sit up and think now and then. 
 
 We are going to take enough of your time to 
 tell you about an untrained dog that we were ac 
 quainted with and whose exploits we published in 
 that admirable sportsman's journal, Field and 
 Stream^ of New York. We reproduce it from the 
 November, 1905 issue: 
 
THE gentleman's dog. 113 
 
 "good blood bom k where. 
 ILiviiig had considerable experience afield with 
 bird dogs of varied accomplishments, pedigrees, 
 training records, and other supposed necessary qual- 
 ities to make them good hunters, I have naturally 
 made sojne comparisons now and then between 
 these favored canines and the common run of 
 " pick ups" found here and there at the farmhouses 
 all over our state, and who are of uncertain lineage 
 and utterly unknown to fame. 
 
 I have so frequently been astounded at the good 
 work done by these unkempt dogs that I sometimes 
 wonder if many good dogs are not overtrained, and 
 maybe overbred ! It is a fact well know that many 
 of our best men in all walks in life are self made 
 men, and certainly some of the very best dogs I 
 have known have l)een essentially self broken and 
 self developed. 
 
 1 recall the fact that some autumns ago I went to 
 a gentleman's house in a nearby county to hunt 
 partridg(;s, but as both of my dogs were sick, I re- 
 lied U[)on finding some kind of a dog at his place. 
 He seemed surprised that I had not brought my 
 
114 THE gentleman's DOG. 
 
 do^s with mo, but said lie had a "ping of a dog" 
 that might help out after a fashion. The animal 
 was certainly one of very unprepossessing appear- 
 ance. He was a kind of sorrel setter, with a de- 
 cided suspicion of a bull dog cross about iiis face, 
 lie looked slieepish and guilty, and had a woebe- 
 gone eye. The poor fellow had been taking pot 
 luck with his master, who was a good fellow, but a 
 bachelor, aud even a dog would not be expected to 
 be happy and sleek under the domestic manage- 
 ment of a bachelor. 
 
 After dinner we concluded to take a little round 
 after the birds, and calling the dog out from under 
 the house, my friend tossed him two little piec?s of 
 corn bread and bade him "git out." The dog shook 
 the aslies and feathers out of his coat and exhibited 
 considerable ijiterest as he saw our guns. He 
 struck out ahead of ns and dodged off into a w^ell- 
 covered field from which ^rain had been cut. In a 
 little while he made a very respectable stand, and I 
 advancjjd aiid was getting ready to flush the covey, 
 when my friend said, ''No birds there, — he stands 
 moles too.'' Sure enough the dog roached his back 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 115 
 
 and pounced down with botli fcrepawe and dug out 
 a mole in short order. Soon the do^j made another 
 stand, and I ambled on ready for a rise, when iiis 
 master said: "1 think that is a hare." It proved to 
 be an old hare and our bird dog gave him as lively 
 a chase as I have ever observed. 
 
 In the course of fifteen or twenty minutes tlie 
 dog returned and commenced hunting the field cure- 
 fully and soon came to a dead stand. 
 
 "They are there," said my friend in a confident 
 manner. 
 
 And they were there, and a beautiful covey it 
 was. 
 
 In a two hours' hunt this peculiar dog's work was 
 perfectly beautiful, he finding covey after covey and 
 standing single birds as staunchly as he did the 
 coveys, never flushing under any circumstances, and 
 while he would not retrieve in the usual vvay he 
 would find every dead or crippled bird and stand 
 over him until we came and got it. I never saw a 
 more unpromising looking dog, nor have I ever 
 hunted with a better one. 
 
 My friend, Mr. Walter Harrison, living near Ash- 
 
116 
 
 hnd, Yd., liad a puppy tliat he took into the field 
 last fall at ten months of age for the first time. 
 Previous to this time, the pnppy had never been 
 trained a day in any nianner, nor had he ever seen a 
 bird; he had jnst loitered around the farmhouse 
 with the hounds and curs and run as he pleased. 
 
 Mr. Harrison took him out alone one afternoon 
 to see what he would do. The little fellow soon 
 stood a covey and held them like a "Stonewall," to 
 use a favorite Southern expression, and when Mr. 
 Harrison came up and kicked them up and shot a 
 couple of them, the puppy stood his ground until 
 the two birds fell and ti en without a word of com- 
 mand went and got each bird and brought them to 
 his master. He stood three coveys that afternoon 
 and a number of singles, never flushed a bird, and 
 retrieved every one killed. And he has kept this 
 behavior np ever since. Mr. Harrison lias never 
 fonnd it necessarj^ to speak to him or give him any 
 sort of command, for he does everything that he 
 should do, and does it well. 
 
 The lesso?! that we draw from these experiences 
 IS that a uian must gam the confidence of his dog, 
 
lit 
 
 associate with him, and let him fully understand by 
 observation what is wanted, rather than hamper him 
 by constant watching and training in narrow limits. 
 The next observation that we have made is that 
 'blood will tell," even in a dog. 
 
w&J^m MimmHiB, @i> TrimeiMiAii 
 
 ^^^p E cjine near closing this book and making 
 ^fl^ a big mistake; for any man living in Vir- 
 ginia who writes a "dog book" with Polk Miller 
 left out would be giving the pudding with all the 
 sauce left off. We are going to give you just a 
 glance at him to save ourselves, bless his dear old 
 heart ! 
 
 Polk Miller is one of the South's most popular 
 humorists. He has been in the drug business in 
 Richmond just fifty years. He is the President of 
 the Polk Miller Drug Co., of this city. His son, 
 W. Withers Miller, is the Secretary and Treasur- 
 er, and is in fact the real thing when it comes to 
 running the business, but now and then he goes off 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. Il9 
 
 on business, or pleasure trips, and the "old man" 
 takes charge of things. They do a large mail order 
 business in dog medicines, and one day, in the 
 absence of the son, Polk concluded he would get out 
 a circular to send to the druggists at large, and here 
 It is : 
 
 "The Dam Fool Druggist." 
 
 We get orders by mail from every quarter of the 
 United States, and on shipping the goods, we fol- 
 low it up with a letter which reads as follows: 
 
 "Please get your neai'est druggist to keep our 
 goods in stock." 
 
 A man in Ohio who had sent in ten letters en- 
 closing money, and four telegrams, asking thetn to 
 hurry the shipment, received one of these letters of 
 advice after each shipment, and wrote back as fol- 
 lows : ^You keep on writing me to get my nearest 
 druggist to order your goods, and I have seen the 
 dam fool druggist, but he won't order. ' 
 
 Are you one of that kind? If so, we'll remind 
 you that it is a peculiarity of some people to love 
 dogs. You may think the^^ are "dam fools," but it 
 won't do to tell 'em so, particularly if the dog 
 
1^0 
 
 owner should be a woman, for she would continue 
 to love her dog, wliile you would i-oost very low, in 
 her estimation." 
 
 About the time that Polk Miller's printer had 
 struck off 100 of the circulars, the son, who is of a 
 dignified mien, and is "business all over", came into 
 the office, and the 100 circulars are hid away until 
 the son can see the humor in it! 
 
 Some more of his foolishness: 
 
 ^^'s GwiNE Die Suh." 
 
 Polk Miller's latest darkey story is on an old man 
 whom he found sleeping at a station, waiting, as he 
 was, for a belated train. The old fellow's head was 
 thrown back with his mouth wide open, and he was 
 snoring so loud that it sounded as if some one was 
 grinding coffee. The attention of a score or more 
 of passengers was called to him, and a mischievous 
 drummer slipped up and dropped, far back into his 
 mouth, a ten grain powder of quinine. He then 
 aroused him and asked where he was going? The 
 old negro's face began to show signs of distress and 
 ft^ar as he hawked and spat upon the ground, and 
 said " Boss, is dar a Doctor 'bout here?" "No, 
 
THE gentleman's DOG. 1^1 
 
 there's no doctor liere, what do you want with a 
 doctor, old man?" "Well siili, I's gwine ter die." 
 "What makes jou think so?" said the drummer, 
 "i knows I's gwine ter die, kase my gall is done 
 busted !'' 
 
 ^(^^^^Q^ 
 
mmTTmm ^^s^n mQmmMmm, 
 
 KS^ HERE are men in this world wlio are iii- 
 =M^. clined to speak disrespcctfuliy and unkindly 
 
 of huntsmen as a class. They classify thfm as 
 "loafers" or "trespassers," and seem to think that 
 the only mission of man is to grind on forever with- 
 out a moment's recreation until the last call catches 
 liim with his hand on the other fellow's dollar! 
 You will hear them say, "I don't see how Jones can 
 keep a dog, a pretty gun, and take whole days off 
 from his business and keep his bills paid, when it is 
 all I can do to keep buckle and tongue together 
 when I never miss a day from my business." 
 
 Well now the secret is just this: Jones is the 
 better man of the two — he is more successful in 
 
,123 
 
 business because lie ligbtens and brightens liis heart 
 by going out and enjoying a whole glorious day 
 over the brown and- fragrant fields, through the 
 bright tinted woods and along the purling brook. 
 He has rustled around and inhaled the fragrance of 
 the pungent pine, and "life everlastin." 
 
 He lias been reminded of his days back at t}\e 
 farm, has retrod his steps from manhood to boyhood 
 and sat down by the old '' Ushing liole" where he 
 hooked his fii-st minnows; he has come back by the 
 the ol<i pasture path along by the foot of the old gar- 
 den and paused under the willow tree drooping over 
 a lone mound — he has lingered long enough to lean 
 on the old crumbling rail and go away back to the 
 memory of the dear one resting there under that 
 mound. Perhaps he utters reverently the word 
 "mother" and wipes away a tear. 
 
 Jones may not have as many questionable dollars 
 as old skinflint, but when the boatm vn calls for 
 Jones to take his last trip, there'll be no trouble 
 about the toll. 
 
CQ'M'EmMT^, 
 
 PREFACE ..... 
 
 Character and Disposition ... .9 
 
 How to Feed the Puppy . ... 16 
 
 The Puppy's Bed . . . . - .23 
 
 The Bath 26 
 
 Exercise ..... .30 
 
 Training the Puppy ... .33 
 
 Time for Training . . . . .40 
 
 In the Field . ... .43 
 
 Treating the Sick Dog . . . . .56 
 
IJNTDEX. 
 
 General Diseases . .... 61 
 
 Diarrhoea . , . . . 67 
 
 Dysentery ..... 69 
 
 Distemper . . . . ,72 
 
 Mange — ( Scratches) .... 80 
 
 Worms ..... 86 
 
 Eheumatism . . . .88 
 
 St. Vitus' Dance ( Chorea) . . 91 
 
 Convulsions or Fits . , . .94 
 
 Lice ..... 95 
 
 Cough . . , . .97 
 
 The Wounded Dog . . . .98 
 
 Arrest of Hemorrrhage . . .101 
 
 Dressing of Wounds . . . 103 
 
 Fracture of Bones . . . .103 
 
 Treatment of Same . . . 104 
 
 Pointers . . . . .108 
 
 The Whistle .... 108 
 
Retrieving from Water . . . 108 
 
 Don't Lend Your Dog Out . . 109 
 
 Sore Feet . . . .110 
 
 Briars and Burrs . . . Ill 
 
 The Collar . . . .111 
 
 A Natural Born Hunter .... 118 
 
 Polk Miller of Virginia . . . 118 
 
 Better Than Dollars . . . .119 
 
THE SWEETEST LITTLE PRESENT 
 
 you could give 
 any lady or relative is a lovely copy of 
 
 KITTY DIXON 
 
 A WEE BIT OP LOVE AND WAR 
 
 in 
 
 Blue and Gray and Gold 
 by 
 
 C. A. BKYCE, A. M., M. D. 
 
 at 
 ScUTHKKN Clinic, 
 
 Richmond, Ya. 
 
IF YOU FEEL BLUE 
 
 and begin to think that you and Old Sport have 
 
 about hunted the field over, your liver is 
 
 wrong. A good laugh will help it and 
 
 many laughs will cure the case. 
 
 Ups and Downs of a Virginia Doctor 
 
 by c. ^. jbryce, j^. 1s(l., jvl. id., 
 Will Furnish the Remedy. 
 
 The records show that four persons have laughed 
 
 themselves to death already, but thousands 
 
 have been saved by it and 
 
 you can chance it. 
 
 PRICE ONE DOLLAR. 
 
 Send direct to the old fellow himself for it. 
 
 Dr. BRYCE, 
 
 Southern Clinic, 
 
 Richmond, Ya 
 
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