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pieces of bread and butter, and smear the 

 butter over the outside of the bread as well as 

 the inside. It doesn't matter how you give it 

 to the dog so long as you get him to take it ; 

 and this method of coat cleaning is good for 

 all dogs alike. 



Dogs often suffer from various skin diseases, 

 such as mange, eczema, canker, and so on. 

 Now I daresay many of my readers will prick 

 up their ears at this, so I may as well say at 

 once that I am not going to give any recipes 

 for the cure of the above diseases, partly 

 because, at the time I write this, I am keep- 

 ing a sort of dog college, or hospital myself. 

 It does not do to tell too much, you know. 

 Sixty years' experience of dogs and their 

 various diseases is not to be lightly thrown 

 away; possibly, on some future occasion, I 

 shall publish my methods of curing dog 

 diseases, with full instructions and recipes. 

 At present I shall content myself by giving 

 cases of the various dog diseases that have 

 been sent to me for treatment. Usually they 

 have been sent to me as a last resort, after 



