DOG DISEASES 249 



Occasionally during sleep he begins to breathe 

 heavily, then starts moderate growling which 

 quickly develops into furious yelling. He is nine 

 years old, very active, always has been voracious, 

 seems well and in good general form. We sus- 

 pect worms or possibly overfeeding or both. 



If you can suggest something to help this little 

 chap, and incidentally everybody else within a 

 mile, we will be very appreciative. 



C. H. Weight 



Ans. — Eegarding the red cocker who is afflicted 

 with the nightmare, in our opinion the dog has 

 some obstruction in the intestines. 



If you will try a good clearing out with castor 

 oil, followed with a good diet of meat broth and 

 stale bread, kept up for a week, I think that un- 

 der this treatment he ought to show signs of im- 

 provement, because the carrying on at night is 

 undoubtedly either indigestion or bone splinters 

 in the intestines. Clear out worms if not relieved. 



FEEDING YOUR BEAGLE 



I have a beagle pup about seven months old. 

 He is perfectly healthy except for some itching 

 trouble. He scratches and bites himself a great 

 deal and the hair on his under side is either com- 



