QUA RA NTINE — RA BIES 



Quarantine. — In compliance with a possibly wise, but 

 undoubtedly extremely irritating, order of the Board of 

 Agriculture, all dogs coming into this country from foreign 

 parts are compelled to be kept in quarantine for a fixed 

 period. They are placed under the care of veterinary 

 inspectors during such period, and all expenses have to be 

 paid by their owners. 



Quarrelling. — Some dogs are by nature so quarrelsome 

 that it is impossible to keep them in the kennels with 

 others, in which case isolation is absolutely necessary. 

 A very fruitful source of quarrels amongst most peaceable 

 dogs is, however, a bone or bones, and therefore if there 

 are two or more animals in the kennel it will be necessary 

 for someone to be at hand if bones have been served out 

 to them. If so, a search should be made in the bed and 

 in the corners of the kennel to see if any bones have been 

 hidden by the dogs, as if so a free fight will very likely 

 take place when the owner's back is turned unless he has 

 collected all the bones the dogs have done w^ith. 



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Rabies is unquestionably the most serious danger to 

 which the canine race is exposed, and as it is easily com- 

 municated to mankind it is naturally a constant source of 

 terror to timid people who entertain a dislike to dogs. It 

 is extraordinary, therefore, that the public know so little 

 regarding the symptoms of rabies, which are popularly 

 believed to consist of violent struggles accompanied by 

 profuse frothing at the mouth. These, it may be said, are 

 characteristic of the attacks which from time to time take 

 possession of a rabid dog, though they are not by any 

 means symptoms of the disease, but rather a result of it. 

 The primary symptoms are restlessness, a wild look, a 

 desire to creep into dark corners, and a morbid appetite, 



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