Your dog will in all probability seek the fireplace and laying 

 down there, his head on his paws, go to sleep. If you call him, 

 instead of coming with a bound, he will slowly open his eyes, 

 look at you with a most pitiful expression, wag his tail spirit- 

 lessly. Next come alternate attacks of fever and shivering, 

 hot nose, loss of appetite, and a disarranged condition of the 

 bowels. The urine becomes scanty, but bright colored, the coat 

 rough, vomiting occasionally sets in, a thin discharge from the 

 nose starts and distemper is with you. As the disease progresses 



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the discharge from the nose thickens till it becomes almo&t 

 impossible for the poor animal to breathe. The eyes also be- 

 come affected and are often completely stopped up with a gluey- 

 substance, causing the dog much discomfort. A short, sneezy 

 cough, caused by the dog trying to clear out his nose is also 

 one of the never failing signs of distemper. Another sure sign 

 is a very rapid wasting, a big, strapping, healthy dog will be- 

 come a skeleton in a very few days, and this is one of the things 

 that must be most carefully guarded against, 



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