Enough has been said of the signs of distemper to 

 enable the merest novice to tell the disease and we will now 

 devote our attention to saving the dog once he is down with 

 the scourge. In all cases of simple distemper the mainstay of 

 the owner is nursing, diet, and hygienic measures. Keep trie 

 dog in a cool but draftless room and give him plenty of good 

 nourishing food, so that he will be able to withstand the attack. 

 Raw eggs, beaten up in milk, soups, gruels, etc., should be given 

 in small quantities, but at frequent intervals. Keep the eyes 

 clean with a solution of boracic acid and if the nose is very 

 much stopped up hold the dog over a steaming kettle. Great 

 care must be taken that the dog, in his weakened condition, 

 does not catch any cold or almost invariably disastrous com- 

 plications will set in. In almost all these simple cases this 

 treatment will pull a dog through. It is an important thing to 

 remember in distemper that "a stitch in time saves nine," 

 and if the case is not a complicated one and it is nipped in the 

 bud you will probably be able to win the battle. 



The great danger m this disease is not in the disease itself, 

 but lies in the dog having different complications while suffer- 

 ing from the disease and his weakened condition makes it 

 almost impossible for him to successfully combat the double 

 attack. The most common attendant of distemper in Boston 

 Terriers is complications of the head. His short nose makes 

 a very vulnerable point, for it stops up with amazing rapidity 

 and is very difficult to keep clear. Steaming and keeping the 

 discharge as much under control as possible is the only thing 

 that can be done to have the air passages kept free. Boston 

 Terrier owners should be most careful of this for in it lies 

 their worst enemy. In extreme cases the entire respiratory 

 organs are affected and even the lungs are reached. Fresh air 

 is very important in these cases and in no instance should 

 a dog be kept in a poorly ventilated room. If the throat is 

 very badly affected, blistering, poulticing and the administering 

 of soothing cough syrups may be adopted, though the last is 

 hardly to be strongly reccmemnded. Cod liver oil is often 

 useful in these cases for it not only is very nourishing but 

 it also relieves the throat and bronchial tubes. 



Sometimes it happens that the stomach and bowels are the 

 seat of a serious attack. Diarrhoea often sets in and should 

 be checked as soon as possible, for if allowed to run will so 

 rapidly weaken the dog that it will be impossible for him to 



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