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head and eyes, some from general feverishness ; but the 

 troubles are ephemeral, and generally subside between 

 whiles, returning as each big tooth is cut. What 

 makes the worst trouble is when the first teeth are 

 severally not shed, but remain in situ, a second tooth 

 forcing itself up at one side of the lingering intruder. 

 This condition is pretty sure to mean teething fits, of 

 which more anon. Dentition begins about the fourth 



POMERANIAN PUPPY. 

 At the ugly age. 



month, and once safely over, the dog may be considered 

 well reared. 



Distemper, that is, the two diseases usually so de- 

 scribed, are a bugbear, but it is enough to say that no 

 puppy ought to have them. If he does, it is because 

 some one has allowed him to get the contagion, by 

 accident or carelessness ; left to himself, he could not 

 indulge in it, for it is not, cannot be, spontaneous. 



Small skin troubles, such as puppy pox, in which 



