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an action at least once a day, the dog may only 

 have one every two or three days. 



Treatment : A good deal can be done by diet. 

 Spratt's biscuits have a tendency to keep the 

 bowels open and regular ; for small dogs the 

 Pet- Dog biscuits should be given, and for large 

 dogs the big biscuits. They should be broken 

 up and soaked in some soup, and mixed with 

 a little meat and some green vegetable added ; 

 this makes a very good principal meal. For a 

 second or evening meal the biscuit may be given 

 dry. For a change of diet give meat, brown 

 bread, and green vegetables in equal parts 

 moistened with soup. In obstinate cases some 

 laxative may be necessary. Milk of sulphur 

 answers very well ; from sufficient to cover a 

 threepenny-piece to half a teaspoonful * may be 

 given daily for a fortnight, or a teaspoonful * to 

 two tablespoonfuls of Dinneford's fluid magnesia 

 may be given every morning in a little milk. 

 In some cases salad oil answers best, from 

 half a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful * mixed 

 daily with the food. In chronic cases a course 

 of the following pills is useful : — 



Recipe : 



Divide into 1 2 pills — one to be given twice a day 

 after food. 



1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



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