208 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



the dog falls from actual exhaustion. This is the result 

 of irritability, in a low form, of the lining membrane of 

 the nasal chambers. The sensation is probably that of 

 itching, and the dog endeavors, by drawing the air 

 quickly through the nostrils and energetically expelling 

 it, to relieve the annoyance. 



The treatment is not to be laid down ; attention to the 

 food, and medicines of an alterative nature calculated to 

 affect or improve the secretions, are most likely to be of 

 service. Worms may possibly be the provocative, and in 

 that case of course they should be removed. The mea- 

 sures, therefore, are not to be arbitrarily pointed out. The 

 judgment must be employed to discover in what particu- 

 lar the system is unsound, and the agents used must be 

 selected with a view to the general health. Local appli- 

 cations have been tried without advantage, but there do 

 not appear to be any specifics for the complaint. The 

 snorting is to be regarded merely as an effect of some 

 deep-seated derangement, and the remedies are to be such 

 as the appearance of the animal suggests. I have gene- 

 rally been successful in these cases, but I remember no 

 two of them which I have treated exactly in the same 

 manner. Patience and perseverance are mostly required, 

 but sometimes the affection will not yield to any remedy. 

 When it appears to be obstinate, the use of medicine 

 should not be pushed too far. The constitution of the dog 

 is so easily injured, and with so much difficulty restored, 

 that where a mere unpleasantness is apparently all that 

 exists, it is better to permit that to continue than hazard 



