CHAPTER XVI. 



AILMENTS OF THE DOG. 



DOGS as well as people sometimes fall ill. 

 Proper care and sanitary lodgings will re- 

 duce the danger, but sickness will occa- 

 sionally occur, no matter how great the 

 precautions. 



Dog owners should therefore acquaint them- 

 selves Avith the commoner forms of ailment to 

 which dogs are subject and thus be in a position 

 to quickly administer such relief as is possible, 

 thereby frequently stopping a sick spell promptly 

 that might otherwise result seriously if not fa- 

 tally. 



Tlie dog is very similar to man in his ail- 

 ments as well as in his susceptibility to drugs. 

 As a general thing medicine that is good for a 

 human being is good for a dog under similar cir- 

 cumstances. "While no definite rule can be laid 

 down" says an eminent authority, "it may be 

 said that a dose suitable for an adult person is 

 correct for the largest dogs, such as St. Ber- 

 nards; for dogs from forty to fifty pounds the 

 dose should correspond with that given to a child 

 twelve to fourteen years of age, and so on down.'' 



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