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follow behind the flock, running to this side and that, to start 

 up lagging sheep, to run over the fence and head ofl:' runaways, 

 to stand in front and hold them at bay, but never to worry 

 :hem, bite them, or in any way frighten them. These dogs 

 thus brought up with the sheep, are the best drovers that can 

 be found. The sheep learn to obey them without fear, and 

 they drive the sheep without harming them. We have known 

 a slut of this breed to nurse and raise a lamb whose dam had 

 died. Such a race of dogs, well trained, whi/3h only requires 

 practice, for they take naturally to the business, would be of 

 great advantage in herding large flocks " on the range," and 

 we call the attention of flock-masters to their merits. 



The Diseases of Dogs are numerous, but are not at all 

 necessary. The present style of promiscuous breeding is the 

 source of most of them. Keep your breeds pure, and at once 

 kill a diseased slut and castrate a diseased dog, and diseases 

 will lessen. Distempee is the more common of these diseases. 

 The first symptoms are dulness and loss of appetite, purging or 

 vomiting, running from the eyes and nose, and a short cough. 

 The animal becomes very sensitive to cold, seeks warmth, and 

 is constantly shivering. The bowels generally become consti- 

 pated. All these and other symptoms increase, the eyes and 

 nose are obstructed by the discliarge from them, and the clog 

 fiist wastes away. But there is often a lapse of two or three 

 weeks between the first symptoms and the last, in which time 

 it is often supposed that the dog is recovering. When the dis- 

 temper is mastered the dog will at once begin to fatten ; ii he 

 does not the disease is only dormant. As soon as the s^'inp- 

 toms are discovered all flesh must be forbidden, and skim milk 

 and bread given. When the bowels are constipated inject 

 warm soap and water. For the very largest dog make the 

 following into twenty -four pills, and give three daily : Bella- 



