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some cause which I could not discover. After 

 this trouble he refused to eat anything at all for 

 two weeks. His appetite has now returned, but 

 he fails to get enough nourishment from his food 

 and is getting thinner all the time. Bowels are 

 extremely loose and stools formless and clay-col- 

 oured. I have been feeding small amounts of 

 well-cooked meat, dog biscuits, etc. 



Paul N. Pkass. 



Ans. — From your letter it seems to us that the 

 dog needs a thorough clearing out with castor oil. 



There is evidently some irritating material in 

 his bowels which must be dislodged, as at pres- 

 ent it sets up an irritation akin to dysentery in 

 human beings. Try clearing him out with castor 

 oil — about a tablespoonful at a dose, and feed him 

 a bland diet of meat broth and stale bread baked 

 to a golden brown in the oven. Give him no table 

 scraps or vegetable foods at present. 



FOR LOSS OF APPETITE 



About six weeks ago I bought an Irish setter 

 pup; as near as I could judge about ten months 

 old. He was very poor and I attributed that to 

 lack of food. But after he had slowly taken on 

 a very little flesh he suddenly, about two weeks 



