GA LL-STONES — GIRTH 



Gall-stones. — Many dogs suffer greatly from the presence 

 of gall-stones, which cause considerable pain and tenderness 

 in the belly. Hot linseed poultices may give temporary 

 relief, but the treatment of gall-stones is rather beyond the 

 powers of an amateur practitioner, nor is it at all an easy 

 matter for him to discriminate between them and colic. 

 Mr. A. ]. Sewell's advice in '* The Dog's Medical Dictionary " 

 will, however, be of much service to owners. 



Gastritis is a very common source of trouble to dogs 

 and their owners, as in addition to its being the result 

 of eating improper food or poison, it may be the result of 

 a blow or kick. The chief symptoms are violent retching 

 and diarrhoea, considerable fever, accompanied by rapid 

 breathing, a weak, quick pulse, and sometimes considerable 

 thirst. The dog should be made as comfortable and quiet 

 as possible, and his bowels be given as much rest as 

 possible, his diet being a Umited one of milk and beef-tea. 

 This disease is treated of very fully in '*The Dog's Medical 

 Dictionary " (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.). 



German Boarhound.— A few years ago this dog was to 

 be met with far more frequently than it is now, the reason 

 for this being that it has been practically merged into the 

 great Dane, which variety it resembles in many respects, 

 though the boarhound is the far heavier headed, more 

 massively built, and less active dog of the two. (See 

 Great Dane.) 



Gestation. — The period of gestation in the bitch is 

 sixty-three days. (See Breedings Brood Bitch.) 



Girth. — The girth of a dog's body is taken round the 

 chest behind the forearm. 



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