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had had distemper several years previously, 

 brought back the germs in her coat from a ken- 

 nel where two young dogs, just home from the 

 Boston show, were sick with the disease. This 

 was in the spring, the weather was wet and cold, 

 and a loss of practically fifty per cent, ensued. 



One very interesting and peculiar feature of 

 the last attack was, that half the dogs sick were 

 given the best medical treatment possible, with a 

 loss of one-half ; the other half were not given any 

 medicine whatever, and the same proportion 

 died. Of course, all had the best of care, nurs- 

 ing, and strict attention to diet paid. 



I was very much gratified to observe that in 

 these three attacks we have never had a dog 

 that had a recurrence of the disease, and what is 

 of far greater importance, have never had any 

 after ill effect (with one solitary exception, 

 when a bitch was left with a slight twitching of 

 one leg) in the shape of the number of ailments 

 that frequently follow, and in all cases after the 

 disease had run its course the dogs seemed in a 

 short time as vigorous as ever. This we at- 

 tribute solely to the strong, vigorous constitu- 

 tions the dogs possessed. A breeder who raises 

 many dogs will have a very difficult feat to ac- 

 complish if he aspires to enter the show ring 

 also. In our case we were convinced at the 

 start that these two would not go together. 



