DOG DISEASES 203 



TRAIN-SICK DOQ 



I would like to know if you could inform me 

 as to the cause of my setter getting sick. When 

 I take him on train he works for about two hours 

 then he gets so sick that he lies down. He has 

 the symptoms of a dog with blind staggers, and 

 he is never in that condition only when I take 

 him away. I am sure he is not affected with 

 worms in any way. Do you think this trouble 

 could come from his nerves? If you can en 

 lighten me in any way or refer me to any one, 



please do so. 



THOMAS L. WILLIAMS. 



Ans. Your dog is evidently train-sick and ner 

 vous. Probably did not digest food from ner 

 vousness while on train. Do not use him afield 

 until at least a day after the train journey. Put a 

 little lime water in his food. 



BRONCHITIS 



I have a very fine setter bitch, about four years 

 old, and about three months ago she began to 

 cough a little. I thought she was taking dis 

 temper, so tied her in a dry place, and began 

 to give her Glover's distemper cure. I gave her 

 two bottles, but she did not seem to get any bet- 



