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(Sulph. Potass). Dissolve a teaspoonful in a quart of warm water and 

 apply at once to the sores, in fact, the whole body should be covered with 

 it. If a dip is required for several dogs make the solution of the above 

 proportions; if too strong the hair will be burned off. This is a won- 

 derfully good remedy for puppy rash that develops often after puppies 

 leave the mother; and if the puppy licks itself all the better." 



Fatness, Excessive. — This should never exist in any dog and need not 

 providing it has been fed properly and sufficiently exercised. It is a hard 

 thing to do to reduce a dog, especially an old one, after it has been allowed 

 to get into this condition. However, some dogs are predisposed to obesity, 

 and to put on fat even when on a meagre diet; such being the case with 

 a great many pugs and different species of spaniels. A certain amount of 

 fat is not only a sign of health, but also desirable, as it is the store of fuel 

 that nature lays up to meet future exigencies; but an excess of fat con- 

 stitutes a morbid and diseased state of the body. 



A .common effect of excessive fat is to set up skin disease, with dis- 

 charge therefrom, which is Nature's means of ridding the system of the 

 superfluous matter. Or the fat accumulates round vital organs, interfering 

 with the animal's respiration, making the breathing labored, wheezy, and 

 asthamatical, painful to the sufferer, which blows and pants on the slightest 

 extra exertion, and most distressing to the owner. In bitches not allowed 

 to breed, fat accumulates round the kidneys and ovaries; the heart also 

 becomes surrounded with fat, and what is called fatty infiltration or fatty 

 degeneration ensues, which may cause sudden death. 



Causes. — It is caused by confinement, lack of exercise and an over 

 abundance of food of too rich a quality of fat-producing material. Castrat- 

 ing of dogs and spaying of bitches — and I don't believe it right to do either 

 — will cause accumulations of adipose matter, as it takes from the dog 

 one of the organs of secretion, and all dogs that refuse sexual connection 

 will become obese. All dogs should be allowed Nature's privilege at least 

 a few times during their lives. 



Treatment. — Give a brisk purgative two or three times a week and 

 give two to three grains of the iodide of potash in water twice a day after 

 feeding. Gradually decrease the allowance of food and feed only stale 

 bread, dog biscuit or crackers, dry if they will eat them, if not moisten 

 with a very little milk or thin soup; do not feed grease, fat, potatoes or 

 sweets of any kind. As the food is decreased slowly increase the amount 

 of exercise, and as the animal gradually comes into form omit the purga- 

 tives and feed raw lean beef, chopped fine — gradually increasing the 

 amount. 



Fleas. — These are familiar to every one, I mean the fleas that are 

 found on dogs, and no description is really necessary. There are a number 

 of good remedies. 



"Eberhart's Dog Soap" is the easiest and surest remedy for fleas of any- 

 thing made and much less trouble to use. All your dog needs is a good 

 shampoo with this soap swice, twenty-four hours apart. After applying it 

 thoroughly all over the dog, not missing a spot, or you leave some fleas 



