152 - ,^ ^i-- ? DISEASES 



Wrenched Back — Some months ago a party wrote me: "My dog has 

 wrenched his back (by jumping off a high table), about six inches from 

 his tail, and it hurts him to walk up the steps. He gives sharp cries of pain 

 quite often and holds his hindquarters on a droop." 



I advised as follows, and the dog was cured: "Take three ordinary cof- 

 fee cups of water, add one coffee cup each of strong vinegar and salt. 

 Heat to as hot as you can just stand your hand in, then take red flannel 

 cloth, dip in this, wring out and lay over parts, repeating as cloth gets cold, 

 keeping this up for three hours. As dog gets better and pain leaves, then 

 use a soap liniment or a chloroform liniment that your druggist can fur- 

 nish." 



Worms — All dogs are born with worms; some few get through without 

 treatment, like some children do, but every puppy I have ever bred was 

 treated for worms at from six to eight weeks old, or as soon as they were 

 weaned, and this is the only safe and sure plan to follow, for you make no 

 mistake by so doing. Worms are, without doubt, the cause of the death of 

 more puppies, in various ways, than from all other diseases combined, de- 

 stroying life when their presence is not suspected. Except in rare cases, 

 they do not do much damage until after puppy is weaned, when they get 

 their work in, and I hardly ever treat for worms under six, and generally 

 not until they are eight weeks old, or just after being weaned. In the last 

 two years, however, I have had puppies show signs and pass worms in con- 

 siderable quantities as young as three, and in some few cases, two weeks 

 old, and I have then treated them with small doses of vermifuge, but they 

 must be very small doses, and careful in what you use at this age, for as a 

 rule, very little medicine should be given to a puppy before it is weaned. To 

 be safe and sure, you do not need to wait for the usual signs of worms in 

 puppies, but just make up your mind to the fact that all pups are born with 

 worms — and you won't miss it. When you buy a puppy, find out If it has 

 been treated; if not, do so at once, for you can be sure it has them, and 

 proper remedies are now made that are perfectly safe to use, and harmless 

 should puppy not have any worms. 



There are several worm remedies made for dogs that are safe and re- 

 liable. When I have to give puppies treatment for worms before they are 

 weaned, I have used Clayton's Vermifuge in small doses, and with good 

 success, (see what he says in his ad. as to this), and also "Vermilax," (see 

 Vermilax Co.'s ad. also). Both this and Clayton's are in liquid form, and 

 can graduate the dose easily. As some remedies are put up in capsules 

 that would be too heavy a dose for puppies, and even older small toy 

 dogs. An overdose might not kill the dog, but would of course make it 

 sick. I also use "Sergeant's Sure Shot," and have for years, as it was got- 

 ten up by my old friend, Polk Miller. It is put up in liquid form, also in 

 capsules. In the liquid form you can give small doses, using judgement 

 as to age and breed. I, also used for a long time, Glover's Vermifuge, 

 and it is an old and reliable remedy, all right for grown dogs and larger 

 breeds, but a little too strong for puppies and toy dogs, unless in small doses. 



There are several remedies advertised as quick workers, some claiming 

 "thirty and sixty minute results", and I am afraid this Is too quick to be 



