A.Abscess, about the tail,283,284.treatment of,284in the flap of the ear,427.treatment of, ib.Accomplishments or Refinements—distinguishing dog whistles,629.dog to back the gun,630.to head running birds,635.to hunt without gun,633.to retreat and resume point,632.regular retrievers to beat,644.setter to retrieve,638.water retriever to fetch cripples,645.Action of physic on dogs,107.Acute purgation,263.treatment of,264.rheumatism,274.treatment of,276.Administration of medicine,106.Advice to practitioners,80.Affection an incentive,565.After-discharge,394.Age for education,470,495,527.Aids to promote labor,376.Assistance, when to be afforded during pupping,360.Asthma,218.treatment of,220.Attention, necessary, for the sucking bitch,400.necessary, to the teeth of the dog,183.Author's cause of writing,653.Avoid having a battle with a dog,82.Axioms,576,618.B.Back, turned brings dog away,557.Backing, how taught,614,615.initiatory lesson in,488.the gun,630.Battle, avoid having one with a dog,82.Beagles,21.Beat, a range, taught,527,529,538,541,544.bad, hard to cure,581.Beat, good, difficult but invaluable,548Herbert's opinion,560.without gun,633.of five or six dogs,562.of four dogs,561.of three dogs,560.of two dogs,558.taught following dog,549.Beef-tea, how to make,97.Beckon, why useful signal,482.and "Heel" differ,485.Bitch, in use,24.in pup,26.Bells put on dogs,496.Best dogs err, concise hints,623.Bird, dead, loss of discourages dog,592dead, seized and torn by dog,597.shot on ground steadies dog,610.shot, search for,570,589,591,593,597,641.shot, signal heel,573.winged, shoot on ground,591.Birds, lie well, dog winding them,547.wild, intercepted,635,636.wounded, scent differs,641.wounded, first retrieved,645.wounded, make for covey,641.wounded, found evening,595.wounded, the search for,570.wounded, observed by dog,518.Black too conspicuous a color,508.Blacksmith shoeing kicker,494.Blinking dead bird,571.from punishment,611.initiatory lessons prevent,471.Bones of the dog not rightly placed in the skeleton at the London Veterinary College,109.stones and bricks not good for dogs,185.when large, do not injure dogs,91.Boots, to render waterproof,57.Bowel diseases,56,246.Brace of dogs sufficient, if good,137.Breaking of young dogs,29.Break in dogs yourself,464.Breaker, qualifications required,466.one better than two,470.Breaker, hunt too many,475,620.idle, dislike bold dogs,554.Breaking fence prevented,556.Breeding in-and-in bad,579.Breeding,15,21,25.Bronchocele,148.treatment of,199.Bruises, remedy for,55.Bull-dogs, remarks upon,402.C.Cancer of the scrotum,319.of the teats,408.of the vagina,344.Canker, within and without the ear,53,54,419.causes, ib.external,421.treatment of,423.internal,424.former accounts of, ib.treatment of,423.of the mouth,189.treatment of,190.Capped hock or elbow,452.treatment for,453.Care, necessary for the pups,378.required after pupping,391.signal for,484.Carrots for horses,469.Carrying, how taught,510.Carts, dog,442.Cases, details of various,61Castor oil,116.Castration,323.Cataract,429.causes of,430.Catheter, passing of the,329,377.Caution, taught to fast dogs,516,552.in excess,583.cure for,584.Cautious and wild dog contrasted,551.dog rarely too fast,551.Chain better than cord,647.Check cord,489,490,581,588.spike to,476,580,609.Chemists to be avoided as doctors for dogs,196.Choice of a male,347.Chronic diarrhœa,265.treatment of,266.Chronic hepatitis,221.symptoms of,222.treatment of,225.Circle wide when heading dog,569.Claws,437.to cut,438.dew,437.falling off of the,439.sinuses up the,440.Clean, to, the dog's teeth,186.Clumber spaniels,502.Cock shooting,482.Cocker, the,20.Cold or coriza,209.Colic,252.symptoms of,258.treatment of,255.Collar and chain,102.a light one on dog,565.Colors for concealment,508.Commands, given in a low tone,473.understood before seeing game,471.Comb and brush,101.Companion, dog to be yours,473.initiatory lessons with,487,488.Condition,42.Confidence of the dog, how to gain,82.Consistency necessary,466,578.Coolness recommended,578.Costiveness,247.treatment of,250.Cough,202.treatment of,203.Couple to older dog,479.Couples, accustomed to,487.Courage, created,530,614.Covert, pointers in,506.Cripples, first retrieved,645.Crochet,384.D.Danger of domestic remedies,77.Dead bird, blinking of,571.lifted by you, error of,511.loss of, discourages dog,592.rushing into,597,622.search for,626,647,649.search for, with two dogs,641.the first killed,569.to be pointed,571.but not by retrieving pointer, &c.,643.torn by dog,597.Dead, initiatory lesson in,473,480.Death of unborn pups, sign of,383.Dew-claws,437.Diarrhœa,261.Digestive discharge,313.symptoms of,314.treatment of,316.Diseases dependent on internal organs,240.of the limbs,437.Distance, between parallels,546.dog's knowledge of,582.Distemper,46,58,120.brain not subject to disease in,138.chorea in,145.disposition of dogs to gnaw their bodies in,143.dogs may have the disease many times,135.the dogs that most escape its attacks,126.Distemper, earliest symptoms of,126.eruption in,142.exercise and food influence the disorder,126.eyes in,132.fainting fits in,149.fearful cries in,137.fits in,140.its causes undiscovered,124.importance of diet in,152.liver involved in,134.lungs diseased in,133.morbid appetite during the fits in,167.ordinary treatment for,121.paralysis of the hind legs in,145.periods when it attacks animals,125.popular remedies for,122.resembles continued fever,123.skin peels after an attack of,149.stomach and intestinal diseases in,135.symptoms when it abates,132.treatment for,154.tumours in,144.very treacherous,130.when the disease is established,127.Distribution of the dog,73.Diving, how taught,513.Dog-carts,442.Dog's tooth-brush,188.Dogs, are generally misunderstood,76.are very intelligent,103.shape of,639.slow beating, more than faster,503.wildest, most energetic,489,531.Down,see"Drop."charge, dog pointing not to,618.initiatory lesson in,478.why retrievers should,521."Drop," a better word than "down,"536.dog, to another dropping,488.dog, to game rising,601.Initiatory lessons in,474,476,478.unnatural, "Toho," natural,476.Dropsy of the chest,217.treatment of,217.of the uterus,345.of the perinæum,289.treatment of,291.Duck, wood duck of America,631.shooting, in wild rice,509.Ducks, wounded, first retrieved,645.Dysentery,261.E.Ear, canker within and without,53,54,419.causes,420.torn,56.rounding of the dog's,422.Ears, not pulled violently,601.Eating, dogs have lively sympathies for,95.of the young by the mother,393.Education, age when commenced,471.best conducted by one,470.commenced from A B C,652.expeditious, economical,489.Ejection of the eye,435.treatment for,436.Emetics,117.Energy, wildest dogs have most,489,531.Enlargement of the testicle,335.treatment of, ib.Enteritis,257.symptoms of,258.treatment of,259.Ergot of rye not a good uterine excitant to the bitch,365.Examination of a dog, how to conduct,81.Example, advantageous,615.especially to spaniels,495.yours, has influence,569,622.Exercise,42,90.on the road,493.Experiments,108.External canker,421.treatment of,423.Eye, the,429.films over,56.ejection of,435.treatment for,436.F.Falling off of the claw,439.of the vagina,402.Fastest dogs not beating most,502.walkers not beating most,564.Fasting, initiatory lessons in,469.Fatigued, dog not hunted when,557.Faults, punishment expected for,614.Feeding time, lessons at,479.pistol fired at,478.Feet,53.ailments of,437-443.of partridges given to dogs,642.Fence, not to be broken,556."ware fence," initiatory lesson in,486.Fetching, evil of not,638.lessons in,510,512.Fevers, bilious,55.Fields, largest beat,539.Films over the eyes,56."Find," initiatory lessons,480,481."Finder" not to advance,617."Finder" retrieves,641.Fire, dog to bask before,558.First good point,568.bird killed,569.Fits in the dog,55,295.sucking,396.what to do when they occur,296.treatment of,297.Flap of the ear, abscess in,427.treatment of, ib.Flapper shooting,647.Fleas, remedy for,56.Flogging, how administered,598.reprobated,468,611."Flown," initiatory lesson,486.real,603.Fluids, to give,118.Food for a diseased dog,96.proper for dogs,40,90.Foot-sore,53,440.Footing a scent,487,511,581.Forceps ought not to be used during parturition,371.Form desirable in a bitch for breeding,349.Forward initiatory lesson,481."Foul,"239.Fowls, killing of, the cure,627.Fractures,444.treatment for,446.Fungoid tumours,340.G.Gain, to, the confidence of a dog,82.Game book, form of,68.lies too close in turnips,551.not shown too soon to dog,471,588.spring toward gun,496,508.Gastritis,233.what dogs most liable to,234.treatment of,236.Generative organs, female,337.male,313.Give, to, solids,111.fluids113.Glans, swelling of,327.Gone, initiatory lesson,486.real,603.Gorse, spaniels to be habituated to,495.Greyhounds, food for, in training,56.Growths, morbid, in the bitch,338.Gun, dog to back the,630.first over fence, not dog,556.game flushed toward the,496,508,603.Guns, a few words on,41.to preserve the barrels from rust of salt water,57.water-proofing for the locks,58.Gutta Serena,431.causes, ib.H.Hæmaturia,326.Hand, bird delivered into,