DOG DISEASES 231 



Ans. Your dog has come down with eczema. If 

 he is scratching behind the ears and under the 

 armpits it has extended along far enough to give 

 him a dose of eczema remedy and a change in his 

 diet. 



Cut out all starchy and indigestible foods and 

 give no fat with his meat. Five cents' worth of 

 dog meat, twice a week, boiled in a kettle, and 

 feed him at present twice a day. A breakfast 

 meal of stale bread baked a golden brown in the 

 oven, one dog biscuit, and dog meat broth poured 

 over it. For supper, table scraps, piece of meat 

 from dog kettle about the size of a tablespoon, a 

 bone, one dog biscuit, and broth from kettle 

 poured over the same. 



For his coat, rub over with Boving's Eczema 

 Eemedy, or Glover's Mange Cure. 



SETTER SHEDS HAIR 



I have a 16-month-old setter and lately he has 

 started to shed hair so much that in some spots he 

 has hardly any left. He scratches and bites him 

 self and keeps rubbing his paws over his eyes and 

 nose. I have been unable to find any fleas on him, 

 although he has small sores which bleed when he 

 scratches them too much. He also has very lit 

 tle ambition for a young dog and gets tired eas- 



