COOKED FOOD — COUNTER IRRITANTS 



which have been touched by a diseased animal. (See 

 Infectious Diseases^ 



Cooked Food is generally better for healthy dogs than 

 raw flesh, though the latter, if sound and from a healthy 

 animal, forms a very welcome change, and in the case of 

 some weakly dogs is highly beneficial to their health. All 

 meals and vegetables should be thoroughly boiled before 

 being given to dogs, and it may be added that no food 

 should be allowed to stand for long in the copper or vessel 

 in which it is cooked, as it is liable to turn sour. (See 

 Feeding.') 



Corrugated Iron, even when laid upon boards, is not 

 a good roofing for a kennel, as, though it is perfectly water- 

 tight, it is very cold in winter, and correspondingly warm 

 in summer. Sheets of corrugated iron laid horizontally, 

 with wirework or railings above, are, however, very useful 

 if used as divisions between kennels, as they prevent dogs 

 from fighting. 



Coughs, like colds, are very frequent sources of annoy- 

 ance to dogs and their owners, but fortunately they are 

 generally amenable to treatment, though, as in the case of 

 distemper, a cough may be the precursor of something 

 more serious. Some excellent advice on the treatment 

 of coughs is given by Mr. Sewell in his '^ Dog's Medical 

 Dictionary," published by George Routledge & Son. 



Counter Irritants, such as liniments or blisters, are 

 used in cases of bruises, rheumatism, and inflammation, to 

 draw the inflammation away from the affected part by 

 setting up a greater or less degree of inflammation. They 

 should be used with discretion, and not when the skin 

 is broken ; and it should be borne in mind when they are 

 applied that some injuries of the kind referred to require 



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