416 DOGS: THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



dish at last ; and afterward swallow it without any coax- 

 ing, although the preference for flesh as food will be 

 cherished to the death. 



The food being managed as directed, the dog may also 

 have first a mild emetic, to be followed by three doses, on 

 three different days, of castor-oil prepared as recom- 

 mended, p. 116. 



To these is to succeed a course of pretty strong tonics, 

 to keep up the general tone of the body, invigorate the 

 appetite, and to support the strength. Likewise a cold 

 bath every morning may be added, and plenty of exer- 

 cise in the course of the day. 



So soon as the appetite is subdued, stimulating dress- 

 ings are applied down the back, where the hair is want- 

 ing ; and, for a beginning, the common mange liniment 

 answers very well. It is thus prepared : 



OL tereb \ 



OL picis s Of each equal parts. Mix. 



OL nucis ) 



This may at first attract no notice ; after it has been 

 submitted to for a week, add to every three pints an 

 extra pint of turpentine, which will soon banish all the 

 philosophy the strongest-minded dog may have at his 

 command. Even subsequent to the period when the 

 application of the liniment is received with the acutest 

 and most piteous cries, the torture must be continued 

 until the skin, being reduced to its natural thickness, 

 announces that its office is perfected ; only, with the pro- 



