Some Common Ailments 



canine hospital. The more they are treated 

 like human beings the better chance has one 

 of success. Half the battle consists in being 

 able to anticipate illness by detecting the 

 early signs of ailing. This is not a difficult 

 matter if you study your dogs with care, so 

 that you may notice at once the dull eye, the 

 listlessness of demeanour, and the disinclina- 

 tion to take food with as much zest as on 

 ordinary occasions. It may not be as easy 

 to diagnose the complaint, but whatever may 

 be wrong you cannot do harm by guarding 

 against chills and taking immediate pre- 

 cautions to minimise the trouble that may 

 be coming. Time after time I have had 

 forced upon me by sad experience the folly 

 of neglecting incipient warnings, especially 

 in the case of young stock liable to fall with 

 distemper. You may have no reason for 

 suspecting the presence of this dread disease, 

 and you come to the conclusion that nothing 

 worse than a slight chill is the matter, with 



the result that you are in the middle of a 



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