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mistake. If your dog gets sick your neighbor will say: "Oh, give it some
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sulphur." Whoever invented this idea knew very little about dogs. Sul-
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phur in its place is all right, but a continual use of it to excess thins the
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blood, weakens the dog, and does harm far more than good. Many a poor
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dog has been overdosed with sulphur when it did not need it at all. I've
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heard of people keeping a lump of sulphur in the dog's drinking pan, and
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in this case it did no harm nor any good, for you can leave a lump of it
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in water for ten years and the dog never gets any of it, because sulphur and
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water do not mix, and it only serves to give the water a nasty taste in the
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imagination of the dog. Sulphur given about once a month in summer is
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all right for grown dogs; the proper dose being for large breeds, a good
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teaspoonful of flour of sulphur smoothly mixed in milk, to be given before
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breakfast; an even teaspoonful for smaller breeds. It can also be given
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mixed up in molasses, which will, however, act more quickly as a physic.
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If you live in a flat, or have no yard so the dog can get grass, you can
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plant some grass seed in a box and have it all the year around for your dog
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to eat. Get the seed of the kind of grass that dogs like — any seed store
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has it — and you can just as well raise and keep grass for your dog as you
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can raise flowers indoors. Keep box sitting on floor so dog can go to it when
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he wants to. You provide the grass, and he'll do the rest.
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This preface or introductory, is about all I can say — it seems to me it
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has covered the subject, but read all the rest in the book, under the several
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headings, so you don't miss anything of all the good things this book con-
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tains.
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So I'll close, by dedicating the book to dogs, and their owners.
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Faithfully yours,
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AL. G. EBERHART.
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