The encyclopaedia of the kennel - a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels (1913) (14765730394)

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Title: The encyclopaedia of the kennel : a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Shaw, Vero Kemball
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London : George Routledge of Sons
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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order to pro-tect them from themselves. For instance, it occasionallyoccurs that a poisonous dressing has to be applied to the skin,or that a dog will persist in licking a sore which irritateshim, with the result that it becomes worse. Sometimes, too,if there is a fear that poison has been laid in a district, it isonly an act of common sense on the part of an owner toadopt measures to prevent his dogs picking it up whenenjoying their daily exercise. It is, moreover, quite certainthat the wearing of a well-fitting muzzle does not inflict asmuch discomfort upon a dog, after he has worn it a fewtimes, as many people imagine—this fact being renderedobvious by the anxiety displayed by the dogs to have theirmuzzles put on them when they associate the action witha run out of doors. A good deal, of course, must dependupon the design and fit of the muzzle, the best being thosemade of wire, which effectively prevent the dog openinghis mouth to feed or bite, whilst they allow him to drink. 136
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NER VOUS SYSTEM—NEWFOUNDLA ND They are also light, and in every way superior to thearrangement of leather straps which were formerly in use.Another design is the bucket muzzle, which consists ofa round leather case, punctured by many holes for ventilat-