. The sportsman's vade mecum : containing full instructions in all that relates to the breeding, rearing, breaking, kennelling, and conditioning of dogs, together with numerous valuable recipes for the treatment of the various diseases to which the canine race is subject, as also a few remarks on guns, their loading and carriage, designed expressly for the use of young sportsmen . Dogs; Dogs. 300 DOGS : THEIR MANAOEMEKT. waistcoat, rub his little body against my head and face, lick the hand lifted up to return his caresses, and then scamper off, and perhaps not come near me again the whole of
. The sportsman's vade mecum : containing full instructions in all that relates to the breeding, rearing, breaking, kennelling, and conditioning of dogs, together with numerous valuable recipes for the treatment of the various diseases to which the canine race is subject, as also a few remarks on guns, their loading and carriage, designed expressly for the use of young sportsmen . Dogs; Dogs. 300 DOGS : THEIR MANAOEMEKT. waistcoat, rub his little body against my head and face, lick the hand lifted up to return his caresses, and then scamper off, and perhaps not come near me again the whole of that afternoon. What was this but an affec- tionate impulse seeking a nervous development? The way to manage an animal of this description is, to respect his evident excitability. The instant a dog appears to. A BABID DOG. be getting excited, there should be a sign given, com- manding a stop to be put to all further proceedings. If the respedt of the animal be habitual, the person who mildly enforces it may enter a room, where the same dog is in a rabid state, and come forth unscathed. I have hitherto been much among dogs, and, neverthe- less, have almost escaped being bitten. The reason is, that I understand and respect the innate nervousness of the animal. When I go into a room, if there be a dog there and he growl, I speak kindly to him, and then seat myself, and bestow on him none of my attention for some time. My request to his master or mistress is, that he or she will not check or seek to stop the symptom of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dinks; Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858; Mayhew, Edward, 1813?-1868. Dogs, their management. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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