196 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



can give will stop the proceeding. Night and day the 

 dog is rubbed with the poison, till its gums are sore, or 

 its teeth fall out ; the saliva dribbles from the mouth ; the 

 glands enlarge, the dog refusing to eat, and is so weak 

 that it can hardly stand ; then, fearing death, a doubt is 

 for the first time entertained, and a veterinary surgeon is 

 requested to look at the animal, and say what it wants. 



Chemists are not qualified to administer the drugs they 

 sell to human beings ; but they are fairly the murderers 

 of a fourth part of the dogs they physic. They know 

 nothing about these animals, and dispense poison under 

 the name of medicine when they presume to treat them. 

 I have had creatures brought to me in the most terrible 

 condition ; and when they have been under domestic 

 treatment that is, when the chemist has been consulted 

 I always look to find symptoms of salivation. The 

 signs are not obscure ; the gums are either soft, tender, 

 and inflamed, or else very much retracted ; the teeth are 

 of a yellow or brownish color, loose and mottled on their 

 surfaces, but not covered with tartar ; the breath has a 

 peculiar fetor, and the saliva flows from the lips, while the 

 glands at the jaw are hard ; the weakness is excessive, 

 and the appearance dejected. Purgation may be present, 

 and in some instances the whole of the hair has fallen 

 off. One dog, a Scotch terrier, lost every portion of its 

 coat, and was nearly a year before it regained the covering. 



Here is a portrait of a Scotch terrier, and the reader 

 will perceive the coat is by the artist truthfully depicted 

 as remarkably long, full, and hairy. 



