212 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



The dog is eleven montlis old and has been 

 having these spells for the past two months, hav- 

 ing nine in all. You can hunt for hours without 

 affecting him unless you get into a covey of birds. 

 The first few spells did not seem to affect his 

 hunting, as he would hunt as well after the spell 

 as before, but lately I have noticed that it seems 

 to take all the pep out of him. 



He is good size, very fast, and covers consid- 

 erable territory for a young dog. I will appre- 

 ciate any suggestion you may have to offer. 



W. S. Whatley. 



Ans. — Dog is a mere pup and evidently of the 

 nervous type. Give him a heavy meat diet, cod 

 liver oil, tablespoonful once a day. Needs feed- 

 ing up and possibly cleaning out of worms. 



To relieve : plunge in hot water if near home. 



I have a female St. Bernard, six years old; 

 one year ago she started having fits, and has had 

 them at almost regular intervals two or four 

 weeks apart, but the last two were in one week, 

 and seemed to be worse than the others. She 

 holds her hind leg up, walks a piece, falls down, 

 looks around at herself, crying, and then goes 

 into a fit, which lasts a few minutes, opens and 

 closes her mouth; when she gets up she is dazed; 



