DINKS, MAYHEW, AND HUTCHINSON.
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Setter and Woodcock, Frontispiece
BY "DINKS."
TO THE READER.
CONTENTS OF DINKS' VADE MECUM. Page Breeding of Dogs in
THE SPORTSMAN'S VADE MECUM
BREEDING OF DOGS IN GENERAL.
POINTERS.
SETTER.
SETTER, RUSSIAN.
SPANIEL.
SPANIEL AND COCKER.
RETRIEVER.
BEAGLES.
BREEDING.
BITCH IN USE.
BITCHES IN PUP.
FEEDING PUPS AND WEANING. LICE. TEATS RUBBED.
POINTER AND SETTER.
BREAKING.
RANGING, HOW TAUGHT.
QUARTERING.
FEEDING.
CONDITION.
KENNEL.
CREDIT GIVEN FOR RECEIPTS.
RECEIPTS.
GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT DOGS IN PHYSIC.
DISTEMPER.
AND THEIR MANAGEMENT;
EDWARD MAYHEW, M.R.C.V.S.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS OF MAYHEW'S MANAGEMENT. Page General Remarks, 73
DOGS: THEIR MANAGEMENT.
GENERAL REMARKS.
DISTEMPER. (2)
MOUTH, TEETH, TONGUE, GULLET, ETC.
BRONCHOCELE.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
HEPATITIS.
INDIGESTION.
GASTRITIS
DISEASES DEPENDENT ON AN INTERNAL ORGAN.
STOMACH. ST. VITUS'S DANCE.
BOWEL DISEASES.
PARALYSIS OF THE HIND EXTREMITIES.
DISEASES ATTENDANT ON DISORDERED BOWELS.
RHEUMATISM.
THE RECTUM.
NERVOUS DISEASES. FITS IN THE DOG.
NERVOUS SYSTEM. RABIES.
GENERATIVE ORGANS. MALE.
GENERATIVE ORGANS. FEMALE.
SKIN DISEASES.
CANKER WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE EAR.
CANKER WASH.
THE EYE.
DISEASES OF THE LIMBS.
FRACTURES.
OPERATIONS.
COL. W.N. HUTCHINSON,
CONTENTS.
DOG-BREAKING.
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAKER IN DOG.
CHAPTER II. INITIATORY LESSONS WITHIN DOORS. SHOOTING PONIES.
CHAPTER III. INITIATORY LESSONS CONTINUED. SPANIELS.
SPANIELS
CHAPTER IV. LESSONS IN "FETCHING." RETRIEVERS.
CHAPTER V. INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS. TRICKS.
CHAPTER VI. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN COMMENCED. RANGING.
CHAPTER VII. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. CAUTION.
CHAPTER VIII. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. CUNNING OF AGE. RANGE OF FROM TWO TO SIX DOGS.
CHAPTER IX. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. "POINT" NOT RELINQUISHED FOR "DOWN CHARGE."
CHAPTER X. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. ASSISTANT.
CHAPTER XI. FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONCLUDED. BAR. LEG STRAP. SPIKE COLLAR.
CHAPTER XII. SHOOTING HARES. COURAGE IMPARTED. "BACKING" TAUGHT.
CHAPTER XIII. HINTS TO PURCHASERS. SHEEP KILLING.
CHAPTER XIV. DISTINGUISHING WHISTLES. "BACKING" THE GUN.
CHAPTER XV. SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO
CONCLUSION.
EDITOR'S NOTE.
INDEX.
Transcriber's note:
The original text was published in 1873. The contents of this text may be dated. If in doubt, consult a Canine care professional.