Breeding, training, management, diseases and c. of dogs- (1877) (14596493487)

Identifier: breedingtraining00butl (find matches)
Title: Breeding, training, management, diseases & c. of dogs:
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Butler, Francis, 1810-1874. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Dog. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Brooklyn, D. S. Holmes
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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bring on Distemper, Inflammation of thelungs or bowels, often terminating in hasty con-sumption. Nevertheless, a delicate bred pupshould not be brouglit np too tenderly ; theobject should be carefully to harden the consti-tution by degrees, according to the bestjudgment of the owner. Suitable food, air, and exercise are as essen-tial to the health of tlie dog as to that of hismaster. This being attended to, he will seldomrequire either pill, powder or draft. The best food for puppies is a well boiledmixture of meat and meal. Viz : Sheeps headsboiled to a rag, the bones all carefully remov-ed, and the meat chopped fine and replaced inthe boiler, then add about the same bulk ofIndian meal ; boil them well together abontten minutes, stirring all the time. Turn it outand you have a fine pudding to be fed at discre-tion. A little salt should always be addedwhen boiling. The proportion of meal may bea little increa-^ed, when the meat is more nutri-tive. Avoid Pork and all salted meats, and
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FOX HOUKD. The princp of huntors. d?.?hin^. bold anil free,The loaptcr lioiind. of sportive pedit^rco.About the size of Pointer, more or less,Tho stouter built and differing some in dress ;Less fine in coat, in limb more stubborn grown,A Pointers tail a Foxhound would disown.Ilis graceful car and eye of daring mood,Distinctive preface to unsullied blood.To English Staghound near akin may be.Yet lighter made, a fleeter hound than he ;Seldom or ever of one color bred.Black and tan ; red,white ; black, white and red.The glories of hunting ye neer would deny.Did ye once see a pack of such dogs in full cry ;^fark Jollyboy, Chanticleer leadinii- the chase;See Barmaid and Faraway quicken their pace ;Note Dcwdrop and Forrester hard on the track ;With old Ringwood, heading the rest of t!ie pack.Ilark ! hark to their voices, so jnellow and clear,As the brush of poor Renard, they eagerly near ;On, on dash the huntsmen in scarlet and white,With their high mettled steeds, in ecstatic de-light ;Hoa