A Handbook of Dog Owner

This is a practical book. It states in plain and simple terms what the average dog owner needs to know in order to keep his pet healthy. It raises the questions that dog owners are most likely to ask, and it answers these questions in the con­cise and clear-cut manner in which you would expect the veterinarian to answer them if you asked him these questions directly.

Experience shows that the dog owner usually is not inter­ested in unessential technical details regarding any informa­tion about his pet. The dog owner is mostly concerned with what he should do and how he should do it. If it is a question of feeding, he is much more interested in what is to be fed and how often, rather than in the fat, protein and carbohy­drate requirements of dogs. If an animal has fleas, he wants to know how he can get rid of them without being led into a long-winded discourse on the relative efficiencies of various insecticides. If his animal is sick, he would rather know sim­ply what to do about it than to read about the nature and principles of disease. To be sure, he realizes that occasionally some technical discussions are unavoidable, and where they have their proper place he does not object to their casual men­tion. But he recognizes that if such discussions are carried to extremes, then he will be bogged down in excessive detail, and the plain fact of what he should do will be buried in a mass of interminable verbiage where he will not be able to conveniently place his finger on it. It is the intention of this book to give the simple facts of dog care in such a way that the reader can determine directly the answers to his specific questions.

This is, therefore, a factual book. In it you will find no de­lightful stories, no heart warming anecdotes. You will find no discussions of the relation of famous dogs to art, literature or history. But you will find out how to take care of your dog.

The book is intended not merely to be read and then laid aside. It should serve as a handy reference manual that should be used whenever the need arises. Suppose your animal vom­its. The alphabetical Quick Reference Symptom Guide has the heading Vomiting. Turn to the page indicated and read the plain statement on what to do and why—and then do it. The questions raised in the book are the ones that are asked by dog owners every day. They are the same ones dog owners always have asked and very likely will continue to ask. The answers are so given that you can act on them immediately, and with the full confidence that you are doing the right thing.

But it must be understood that this book will not make you a veterinarian. The limits of what the average layman can effectively accomplish without professional guidance are sharply emphasized. In the last analysis, the maintenance of dog health is a cooperative enterprise between the veteri­narian and the dog owner in the same way that the health of a child is mutually dependent upon the physician and the parents. Whenever the veterinarian is needed, this will be clearly indicated. Likewise, what you can do for yourself will also be pointed out. That is all you need to know and all you can expect to know.

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