SOKE FEET — WOUXrC. 65'^ 



Two or three applications of the above will have the desired 

 effect. It proceeds from au irritability of the skin. Some 

 sportsmen use the above, as a preventive, two or three times 

 during the season, and before the sporting-time particularly. 



SORE FEET. 



During the hunting and shooting seasons, dogs are very 

 liable to be affected with sore feet : they should be fre- 

 quently washed with strong brine, pot-liquor, or salt and 

 vinegar, a handful of the former to a pint of the latter 

 But as it will be found easier to prevent than cure the affec- 

 tion, we would recommend that the feet of dogs should be 

 washed every day, on returning from the field, with pot- 

 liquor or brine, which will have the effect of hardening the 

 skin. 



When the feet have become sore and continue raw, let 

 them be well washed with a solution of soda, and then the 

 following mixture applied three or four times a day with a 

 feather : — 



Sulphuric acid . . .6 drops. 

 Tincture of myrrh . 1 ounce. 



WOUNDS. 



Dogs are very liable to be wounded when in pursuit of 

 game, or in their ardour in ranging to find it. 



When these wounds are of a superficial kind, they will 

 only require to be washed, and afterwards, by the dog con- 

 stantly licking them, they soon heal. But where they are 

 of a more serious character, other means must be adopted. 

 The mode of cure will depend upon the situation and nature 

 of the wound, and other circumstances. 



We would, however, generally recommend that they 

 should be washed with Friar's balsam, or tincture of myrrhc 



