DOG DISEASES 203 



TRAIN-SICK DOG 



I would like to know if you could inform me 

 as to the canse of my setter getting sick. When 

 I take him on train he works for about two hours 

 then he gets so sick that he lies down. He has 

 the symptoms of a dog with blind staggers, and 

 he is never in that condition only when I take 

 him away. I am sure he is not affected with 

 worms in any way. Do you think this trouble 

 could come from his nerves? If you can en- 

 lighten me in any way or refer me to any one, 



please do so. 



Thomas L. Williams. 



Ans. — Your dog is evidently train-sick and ner- 

 vous. Probably did not digest food from ner- 

 vousness while on train. Do not use him afield 

 until at least a day after the train journey. Put a 

 little lime water in his food. 



BRONCHITIS 



I have a very fine setter bitch, about four years 

 old, and about three months ago she began to 

 cough a little. I thought she was taking dis- 

 temper, so tied her in a dry place, and began 

 to give her Glover's distemper cure. I gave her 

 two bottles, but she did not seem to get any bet- 



