246 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



ago, began to get poorer again. Now lie has lost 

 all ambition and when I take him ont hunting he 

 will only show interest when he strikes a very 

 warm trail. He lies about most of the time, show- 

 ing little interest in anything. He hasn't much 

 of an appetite. He seems run down generally, 

 with a loss of vitality. We have fed him two or 

 three eggs cooked with a piece of bacon, and white 

 bread a day. Also he has a pail of cows' milk 

 near him. He doesn't seem to like raw meat. He 

 has gro\\Ti very fast, as he is a very large dog. I 

 was told that this might affect him. 



If you could give me any suggestions I would 

 be thankful. I don't know whether you can draw 

 any conclusions from my explanation, but I 

 thought, from your large experience, you might 



understand the case. -r. n 



Daniel (jtoodman. 



Ans. — Either the dog's diet is wrong or he has 

 worms. Try feeding him exclusively on stale 

 bread baked to a golden brown with dog-meat 

 broth poured over it, broken up dog biscuit and 

 a tablespoonful of cod liver oil on the mess. Feed 

 four times a day a big bowl full. Also treat for 

 round worms with a teaspoonful of syrup of 

 buckthorn once a week and watch his passages for 

 dead worms. Also if he has a tape-worm you will 



