104 DOGS: THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



resorted to. It is of much service when the skm is hot 

 and inflamed, but after it, exercise ought not to be neg- 

 lected. For healthy animals the hot or warm bath should 



never be employed ; but the sea is frequently as benefi- 

 cial to dogs as to their owners ; only always bearing in 

 mind that the head should be preserved dry. 



Vermin often are very troublesome to dogs, and I have 

 known these animals destroyed because their owners 

 were ignorant of the process by which the annoyance 

 might have been readily conquered. There are many 

 powerful drugs recommended by different writers to 

 effect this end ; but though all of them are sufficiently 

 potent to annihilate the parasite, most of them are also 

 strong enough to kill the dog. When fleas are nume- 

 rous, the dog must be taken from the place where it has 



