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Sick dogs should always be kept separate. 

 It is a great mistake to put three or four 

 together. 



As to diet for patients, see article on Invalid 

 Food; when they will not take food volun- 

 tarily, a small quantity, varying according to size 

 of dog, must be given often, about every two 

 hours or oftener, day and night. It is useless 

 to feed a dog well for sixteen hours, and 

 to leave him to chance for eight. It is often 

 during the night, when the system is at its 

 lowest, that a little good nourishing food, with 

 some stimulant, is most wanted ; and it is this 

 attention that saves the patient in many cases. 



The preparation of food is most important. 

 It should either be done by one's self, or under 

 the personal superintendence of a responsible 

 person. All milk food should be made fresh 

 three times a day, and any that is left over should 

 be thrown away. All feeding utensils must be 

 kept scrupulously clean, and the spoon, bottle, 

 or feeding-cup that is used for food or medicine 

 should be washed and dried immediately after 

 being used, ready for next time. The cooking 

 utensils also must be kept scrupulously clean. 

 If these things are not attended to, diarrhoea 

 and sickness result, and the patient is weakened, 

 and perhaps has a relapse. Also keep the sick 

 dog scrupulously clean. Each time after feed- 

 ing clean his lips with a little weak solution of 

 Condy's fluid on a pad of cotton-wool — which 

 should be thrown away immediately after using 

 — and dry with soft cloth ; also cleanse the 



