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Dogs As Home Companions | Project Gutenberg You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title : Dogs as home companions A book for all dog lovers Author : A. F. Hochwalt Release date : November 13, 2023 [eBook #72115] Language : English Original publication : Cincinnati: Sportsman's Digest, 1922 Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72115 Credits : Sonya Schermann, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) DOGS AS HOME COMPANIONS Dogs As Home Companions | Project Gutenberg Dogs as Home Companions A BOOK FOR ALL DOG LOVERS BY A. F. HOCHWALT AUTHOR OF “Dogcraft,” “The Pointer and the Setter in America,” “The Modern Pointer,” “The Modern Setter,” “The Working Dog and His Education,” “Practical Dog Keeping for the Amateur,” “The Airedale for Work and Show,” “Arrows of Ambition,” etc. 1922 Sportsman’s Digest Cincinnati, Ohio Dogs As Home Companions | Project Gutenberg Copyright, 1922 Sportsman’s Digest All Rights Reserved DEDICATION. To all the many men, women and children scattered about over all the world, who love dogs and keep one or more as their home companions. “ And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound And curs of low degree. ”— Goldsmith. Dogs As Home Companions | Project Gutenberg TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chapter I. Suitable Breeds. Group One—Toys 1 Chapter II. Suitable Breeds. Group Two—Terriers 16 Chapter III. Suitable Breeds. Group Three—Medium-Sized Dogs 45 Chapter IV. Housing Problems 67 Chapter V. Becoming Acquainted—Early Lessons 76 Chapter VI. The Food Question—When to Feed—Frequency of Feeding—Water 87 Chapter VII. Exercise—Grooming—Washing 94 Chapter VIII. If Sickness Comes 105 Dogs As Home Companions | Project Gutenberg Dogs as Home Companions By A. F. Hochwalt . INTRODUCTION. Most people are interested in dumb animals, but every normal person loves a dog; it is the heritage of the ages. The man or the woman who hates a good dog is abnormal. There is something fundamentally wrong in their psychical makeup. How often we hear of people of this class who say they can see nothing friendly or desirable in any dog; that they are all alike; vicious and treacherous. The story of the man who writes articles in newspapers and pamphlets advocating the destruction of all dogs because they are a menace to mankind is a common one in every part of the world. A story is told of one of this class—a New England money lender—who took great pains to besmirch the character of the dog in public and private. His contention was that any dog would bite, and as proof, circulated a story that a little nondescript dog actually followed him aboard a street car and bit a piece out of his leg! Perhaps this is the truth and on the other hand, it may be manufactured out of the whole cloth, but it is to be hoped that it is so, for it only proves what keen perceptions dogs have. Every dog recognizes his friends among humankind with one glance at a person’s face. The dog is a better student of human nature than any other animal—biped or otherwise—and the dog that shuns one person and loves another knows from instinct and perception how to distribute his likes and dislikes. Therefore, those who see nothing but viciousness in the canine race have no one but themselves to blame; the dog knows his enemies at sight. To that class who are dog haters, this book is not addressed and they are advised to lay it aside before going farther. There are many, however, who love dogs, who understand them and appreciate their many good qualities, for Dogs as Home Companions, have been cherished since time immemorial. A dog is like one of the family in many a household, for those who really understand him are aware that mentally he is not far removed from the human race, and emotionally is practically the latter’s equal. Perhaps some may smile at this assertion, but nevertheless it is a fact. This book is for the dog lover; not he who raises dogs for show purposes or as a commercial pursuit, though that is a most laudable enterprise, but he who loves the companionship of an intelligent dog and appreciates him for his real qualities as a home companion. As guardian of the house, a faithful ally to share in the joys and the sorrows of the household; or as a boon companion of the children. In short, a dog which is, to all intents and purposes, “one of us.” There are many people in the world, of this class, and as many more who would have a dog, if they knew how to keep one, for deep down in their subconsciousness the love of the dog is there. To those, this book may be of help; it may prove that a dog in the home is like a regenerating influence; and many a family needs regeneration. There are still many more who feel that they would like a dog for home and children if one could be kept in the city in a satisfactory manner. It is true that the dweller in flats could not have a St. Bernard or a Great Dane tagging about with him, but in many a flat small dogs are harbored and live their lives in the companionship of their human friends as happily, if not more so, than those dogs which live in kennels. I have no brief for the hot-house dog, however, or those that are not living at least part of the time in the open, if it is necessary to give him the entire run of the house, the best chairs to lounge upon day and night, or perchance, the center of a nice, clean counterpane in the best bedroom. That is not my idea of keeping a dog, but nevertheless there is no reason why any person should live a dogless life simply because his home is in the city. The dog lover, intending to become the owner of the d