66 A MANUAL OF TOY DOGS 



Get, then, a bottle of cod liver oil and malt, and 

 i oz. or more, if you please of saccharated car- 

 bonate of iron. In your pet's dinner mix, at first, 

 well covered over with cut-up meat of extra dainti- 

 ness, a scant half-teaspoonful of the solution with a 

 dust of the iron, which is a sweet powder. Nearly 

 all dogs will take this without any trouble, and soon 

 get very fond of the oil, even if they object to it at 

 first ; but they must not see the dose introduced into 

 the meal. Let them think it an accident, or at any 

 rate, in the natural way of things, and they are far 

 less likely to object than if they see you making a 

 parade of mixing and covering. The dose, given twice 

 a day, in meat dinner and supper, should be gradually 

 increased, until a dog of 6 Ibs. is taking a full teaspoonful 

 of the solution twice a day, with 3 grs. of iron to each 

 dose ; and patience will be needed, for, to do any good, 

 this dosing must go on for at least a month. It may 

 then be left off gradually, and resumed again if neces- 

 sary. In obstinate cases of skin disease, arsenic is a 

 most valuable remedy, and may with most effect be 

 combined with the system of cod liver oil, malt extract, 

 and saccharated carbonate of iron just described. 

 Fowler's solution, which is generally recommended, 

 should not be used, because it contains oil of lavender, 

 which is very offensive to dogs, and sickens them ; the 

 British Pharmacopoeia solution should be the one used. 

 Of this the dose is from one drop twice a day, to be 

 gradually increased up to four drops twice a day for 

 toys ; the best way is to get the B.P. solution from 

 your chemist, mixed with such a quantity of distilled 

 water as that there are four drops in each teaspoonful. 

 This may be given with iron and without the cod liver 

 oil, or with cod liver oil without the iron, or alone, 

 in food it is tasteless but is far better given in com- 

 bination with the two. Mr. Appleby, Argyle Street, 

 Bath, puts up the iron and arsenic together in a very 

 easily used form, known as the " Kanofelin Blood 

 Mixture," This, my own formula, I generally advise 



