SOME CANINE DISEASES AND THEIK KEMEDIES. 693 



it be done quickly and he be well rinsed off without a mo- 

 ment's unnecessary delay. 



Dogs often harbor lice, and breeders find no little 

 trouble in keeping them from puppies. On the latter they 

 give rise to a form of inflammation of the skin which leads 

 to the accumulation of many small, thin scales. A dog 

 may be washed with carbolic soap, which will kill the lice, 

 but it would scarcely be safe to use that on very young 

 puppies with sufficient freedom to accomplish the purpose. 

 It is best, for two or three days, to anoint them every day 

 with sulphur and lard quite a generous quantity and 

 then to wash them, using the ordinary yellow soap of the 

 kitchen. The lard softens the scales so that they are easily 

 detached from the skin, and with the sulphur heals the 

 eruption. Sulphur is an enemy, although not a bitter one, 

 to lice. If this treatment does not prove effectual, then 

 the infested puppy must be washed every three or four 

 days in strong carbolic soap-suds. There will be but little 

 danger in so doing if it is done quickly. 



Kerosene or crude petroleum will kill both lice and fleas, 

 but these remedies can not take precedence over those 

 already advised, and besides they are exceedingly unpleas- 

 ant to use. 



The importance of cleanliness in a dog and his belong- 

 ings is of infinite importance. It is always well to occa- 

 sionally burn sulphur in his kennel during winter, when 

 whitewashing is out of the question. This will destroy all 

 the vermin in it. As an extra precaution against the pests, 

 it is always well to scatter about freely on the floor some dis- 

 infectant in a powdered form. There are many such, which 

 are made up of carbolic acid and lime. On the powder put 

 sawdust, and on that lay plenty of clean straw, which 

 should be changed once or twice a week. 



THE CAKE AND FEEDING OF PUPPIES. 



Dogs in their wild state were carnivora, or flesh-eaters. 

 In domestication they have met with new conditions, which 

 have changed somewhat their natures. While meat is still 



