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the general health of the animal, while fleas 

 and other noxious parasites are effectually 

 banished. Not a single flea should be found 

 on dog or in kennel if you follow my plan. 

 Of this I am quite certain, if this advice is 

 scrupulously acted upon you will be much 

 freer from eczema and other skin troubles 

 than if the dogs are neglected in this respect. 

 Again, I should like to point out that any 

 incipient troubles are at once detected, unless 

 the attendant is a very unobservant person. 

 In some cases the daily toilet may not be 

 feasible, and all I can say then is, do it as 

 frequently as you can, and on no account 

 omit to go over each dog carefully at least 

 once a week, examining the inside of the ear 

 to see that no canker or eczema is mani- 

 festing itself, and looking also to the mouth 

 and feet. Anything wrong with the ear can, 

 as a rule, be checked in the early stages 

 by blowing white oxide of zinc powder into 

 the orifice twice a day, but should canker or 

 eczema once fairly get hold, you may have 



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