CONTENTS. xiii 



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The Management of Dogs in Health 94 



The Housing of Dogs 96 



Feeding 101 



Exercise and Occupation 114 



The Care of the Dog's Skin 117 



Breeding 125 



Mating 131 



The Care of the Stud Dog 134 



The Care of the Brood Bitch 135 



Whelping 141 



Choice of Puppies 145 



The Foster-Mother 147 



The Rearing of Puppies 150 



The Care of the Brood Bitch after Whelping . . . 148 



Weaning Puppies 153 



Feeding Puppies 156 



Other Management of Puppies 158 



Exercise and Training of Puppies 161 



Retrieving 167 



Gun-shyness 168 



Exercise of Puppies 169 



The Development of the Dog; Determination of Age . , 171 



Shedding of the Teeth 175 



Glossary 177a 



Pakt II. The Dog in Disease. 



General Principles 178 



The Causes of Disease 182 



Normal Temperature of the Dog 184 



Fever 187 



The Pulse 187 



The Methods of studying the Dog in Disease . . . 189 



Remedies and their Mode of Use 192 



Drugs and their Administration 193 



Diet and Care of the Sick . 198 



Disinfection 200 



Autopsies and Morbid Anatomy 201 



Descriptions of Disease, Relative Prevalence, etc. . . 206 



Diseases of the Respiratory Organs 209 



Influenza 215 



Acute Laryngitis 216 



Pleurisy . 217 



Bronchitis 221 



