Teats] 20 ° [Teeth 



over with powdered iodoform and cover the sore 

 with a few layers of gauze, and as it is impossible 

 to keep a bandage on, several layers of Mead's 

 plaster should be placed over the end of the tail, 

 which prevents further bruising. In some cases 

 it is necessary to make the dog wear a leather 

 bag over the tail. This should be fastened 

 around the loins. The part covering the tip 

 should be of double thickness. 



When well, it is a good plan when a dog is 

 always banging his tail about, to pad his kennel 

 with sacks stuffed with straw, to prevent his 

 injuring it again, for once a tail has been 

 hurt, it remains tender, and is more liable to 

 injury. 



Teats (Crack in) : 



Symptoms : A bitch, when nursing puppies, 

 often suffers from the teats cracking ; the parts 

 become swollen, inflamed, and very painful. 



Treatment : Keep clean with boracic lotion, 

 and anoint night and morning with boracic 

 ointment. A few grains of bicarbonate of potash, 

 mixed with the food, cools the blood. 



Teeth : Dogs, like most other mammals, have 

 two sets of teeth. The first are temporary, and, 

 from their whiteness, they are often called the 

 milk teeth ; they are twenty-eight in number. 

 The second set are permanent, and therefore not 

 deciduous ; they are forty-two, and sometimes 

 forty-four, in number. 



A set of teeth consists of three different kinds. 

 Those situated in front or anterior part of the 

 mouth are called the incisors, and those placed 



