230 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



starchy heating foods in their diet. I find that 

 the terrier does best on stale bread baked to a 

 golden brown in the oven with dog meat broth 

 poured over same — one or two dog biscuits can be 

 broken in — and very little table scraps. This 

 seems to bring the coat prime and with one ap- 

 plication of the coat cure the eczema disappears. 



ECZEMA 



Being a reader of your magazine, and noting 

 your generous offer to answer questions, I am 

 going to ask you some. 



I bought a two-year-old hound from a kennel 

 about a month ago, and he has very little ambition. 

 He will not work unless the trail is very hot, and 

 then does not run right, but gives up too quick. 

 I've been giving him worm medicine and found 

 out he had them. 



This is what I cannot understand ; he will stop 

 and scratch for five minutes at a time. I know 

 he has no fleas or lice. 



He eats well and would eat all day if he got it, 

 but I feed him right, I think. 



He was very poor when I got him, but is pick- 

 ing up some now, but he just wants to lie in his 



kennel. 



Wm. R. Krepps. 



