BROKEN COLOUR — BROOD BITCH 



bricks absorb the moisture, but unless they are very care- 

 fully laid their surface soon becomes uneven, and thus 

 allows the water to accumulate and not run off as it 

 should. (See Floors.) 



Broken Colour. — A dog is said to be broken in colour 

 when his otherwise dark coat is marked with white 

 patches. 



Broken Ribs are matters of not infrequent occurrence 

 amongst dogs, and may be caused by a blow or kick. 

 They should be attended to promptly, and pending the 

 arrival of a veterinary surgeon may be treated by winding 

 a wide linen bandage very tightly round the dog's body, 

 and fastening it with safety-pins. (See Fractu7xs,) 



Bronchitis. — Many dogs which are confined in damp 

 and draughty kennels lose their lives through an attack of 

 bronchitis, the existence of which can be detected by a 

 wheezy rattling in the throat and laboured breathing, 

 accompanied by efforts to cough up phlegm. In such 

 cases the patient should be removed to a warm — not hot — 

 and airy shed or room, and if possible a kettle should be 

 kept as long as possible on the boil in it, so that the atmos- 

 phere will be rendered moist, as in cases in which human 

 beings are the subject of attack. This disease is fully dealt 

 with by Mr. Sewell in ''The Dog's Medical Dictionary." 

 (See Hospital.) 



Bronzed when tan-coloured hairs appear amongst the 

 black ones, as, for instance, they sometimes do behind the 

 ears of a black-and-tan terrier, the dog is said to be 

 bronzed. 



Brood Bitch. — The selection of a brood bitch in cases 

 where a person desires to make money out of her puppies 

 is not so easy a task as the inexperienced may imagine. In 



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