96 THE AIREDALE 



I know of no sure cure for distemper, and I 

 never knew a dog owner who did, though, to be 

 sure, they all have their favorite remedies. There 

 are no end of patent specifics on the market, and 

 some of these are very good, but the best thing 

 for a tyro to do is to call a veterinarian. Leave 

 the doctoring to him, at least till you have had 

 the experience gained by a couple of good cases 

 of distemper in your kennels. There will be 

 plenty for you to do without bother about pre- 

 scribing. 



The dog with distemper must be isolated, and 

 you must take the precautions that you would if 

 there were smallpox in the neighborhood. Wash 

 with disinfectants, burn sulphur candles, scrupu- 

 lously destroy all bedding use all the knowledge 

 of antiseptic disinfecting that you have. 



As for the patient, you will find that nursing 

 is just as important as medicine in fact, the 

 more I have to do with the disease, the less medi- 

 cine I administer and the more care I give to 

 nursing. Keep up the dog's strength with almost 

 any sick room food that he will eat. Raw meat, 

 eggs, gruels, soups, milk, all these are good, and 

 the dog should be fed often. The discharges from 

 the nose and eyes should be wiped away regularly. 



If the nose becomes very badly stopped up, so 

 that breathing is difficult, the dog's head may be 



