DOG DISEASES 231 



Ans. — Your dog has come down with eczema. If 

 he is scratching behind the ears and imder the 

 armpits it has extended along far enough to give 

 him a dose of eczema remedy and a change in his 

 diet. 



Cut out all starchy and indigestible foods and 

 give no fat with his meat. Five cents' worth of 

 dog meat, twice a week, boiled in a kettle, and 

 feed him at present twice a day. A breakfast 

 meal of stale bread baked a golden brown in the 

 oven, one dog biscuit, and dog meat broth poured 

 over it. For supper, table scraps, piece of meat 

 from dog kettle about the size of a tablespoon, a 

 bone, one dog biscuit, and broth from kettle 

 poured over the same. 



For his coat, rub over with Boving's Eczema 

 Remedy, or Glover's Mange Cure. 



SETTER SHEDS HAIR 



I have a 16-month-old setter and lately he has 

 started to shed hair so much that in some spots he 

 has hardly any left. He scratches and bites him- 

 self and keeps rubbing his paws over his eyes and 

 nose. I have been unable to find any fleas on him, 

 although he has small sores which bleed when he 

 scratches them too much. He also has very lit- 

 tle ambition for a young dog and gets tired eas- 



