DOGS! THEIR MANAGEMENT. 411 



ferent forms which mange in the dog will assume, or 

 some more close observer comes forth to take the task 

 from before me. 



True mange is dependent, as in the horse, upon an in- 

 sect ; and though not commonly met with, is known by 

 the same symptoms, as the similar affection in the more 

 valuable animal. The skin is partially denuded of hair, 

 but never perfectly so ; for in the most bare place, hairs, 

 either single or in small and distinct patches, will be seen 

 adhering to the surface of the body : these remaining 

 hairs are very firmly planted in the skin, have a coarse 

 or unnatural feel, and look all awry and unthrifty. The 

 skin appears very dry and scaly ; it is corrugated, or 

 thrown into ridges. The parts chiefly affected have been 

 the back, eyes, neck, &c. ; though no part of the body 

 is exempt, for I have seen it virulent upon the feet, and 

 the rest of the body comparatively untouched. 



The animal appears dejected, though at seasons he 

 may assume his usual liveliness; but when nothing 

 attracts his attention, his time is nearly consumed in 

 scratching himself violently. His appetite generally re- 

 mains good, notwithstanding the torture he endures ; but 

 the heat of the body denotes fever, and his thirst may be 

 excessive 



The treatment consists in rubbing the body over with 

 some of the various dressings for mange ; some of which, 

 however, are compounded for the horse, and do not very 

 well suit the canine race. Care should be taken that the 

 dressing, of whatever nature it may be, reaches and is 



