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of the teeth, which become loose. A dog with 

 teeth in this state is always dribbling, and eats 

 with difficulty, and the breath is often most 

 offensive. 



Treatment : Dogs should always be encouraged 

 to eat something hard daily — a piece of dog-biscuit 

 does very well ; if this is refused, a hard bone, one 

 that cannot be eaten, should be given to gnaw. 

 This, of course, is only a preventative, and when 

 repularly attended to, the teeth and gums remain 

 good and sound for years. When once tartar has 

 accumulated, nothing will remove it but scraping ; 

 which should be done regularly two or three times 

 a year, and if this is done, and the teeth daily 

 cleaned with an ordinary tooth-brush, moistened 

 with warm water and a little of the following 

 powder sprinkled on it, they will keep clean 

 and white, and the breath sweet so long as the 

 doof lives : — 



Recipe : Tooth Powder : 



Powdered Boracic Acid, - 10 grains. 



Camphorated Chalk, - 1 ounce. 



Well mix. 



Removing the tartar from a tooth that is 

 somewhat loose does not tighten it, though it 

 preserves the tooth, and for a time often prevents 

 it becoming looser. It is impossible to remove 

 tartar from a very loose tooth, and for the dog's 

 comfort, it should be extracted at once. 



Temperature : To know the temperature of 

 the body is very important in treating disease, 

 more especially in cases of distemper ; for it is a 



