DOG DISEASES 205 



Ans. Pup is too young for automobile rides 

 and evidently has weak stomach. Dogs vomit 

 very easily. Best leave her home until she is at 

 least a year old. 



BLACK TONGUE 



For sore mouth or black tongue a sure cure 

 that a friend of mine has used with much success 

 is as follows: Give a tablespoonful of castor oil 

 and then swab the mouth out three times daily 

 with a wash composed of tincture of iodine one 

 ounce, carbolic acid twenty drops and glycerine 

 one ounce, mixing well before using. 



B. L. LUCAS. 



SPRAINED HIP 



I have an Airedale pup, eight months old, and 

 he has been lame in his left hip for two months. 

 I had the local veterinarian look him over and 

 he says the pup sprained or pulled a ligament 

 loose in the socket, and advises me to keep the 

 pup tied up to avoid too much exercise, and 

 give the hip a chance to heal, but it would be a 

 slow cure. This seems probable, but as he is so 

 young, and growing so fast, his leg does not de 

 velop, for he carries it most of the time. Would 

 you advise the use of iodine on the sprain, or 



