i8o Hounds 



roomy, and as these dogs commonly suffer from 

 thickening of the skin at the points of the elbows 

 and hocks, the writer strongly urges the necessity 

 for having a deep bed of sawdust covered with straw 

 for these hounds to lie upon. Nothing can be more 

 unsightly than these large bare patches of skin 

 (psoriasis), the result of pressure and curable only by 

 removing the cause and subsequently dressing with 

 chrysarobin ointment of the British Pharmacopoeia, 

 taking care to rub the ointment well in, once a day, 

 and then removing any superfluous portions of it, 

 otherwise harm may be done. Both the sleeping 

 apartment and the kennel run ought to be large, 

 whilst the runs for puppies must be as extensive as 

 possible. Admitting that hereditary predisposition 

 constitutes an important factor in the development 

 of defective conformation, it is, nevertheless, a well- 

 established truth that insufficient exercise and im- 

 proper feeding are largely responsible for a pro- 

 portion of such defects, therefore Great Dane 

 breeders should treat their young hounds liberally 

 both as regards exercise, regularity of feeding and 

 the quantity and quaUty of the food supplied. 

 Begin to wean the puppies when they are a month 

 old, and feed them not less than five times per day 

 up to the sixth week, and from that period up to the 

 fourth month four times per|day, viz., at the following 

 times: 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m. All adult 



