440 DOGS: THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



short period, and to deprive the animal of its accustomed 

 exercise for a day or two. 



SINUSES UP THE CLAW. These are of frequent exist- 

 ence, and are commonly found where their presence was 

 not suspected. The dog walks lame, and its master's 

 sagacity cannot discover the cause. The animal is 

 accordingly submitted to our inspection. To pin^h the 

 claw in this case is of no use ; it can only mislead the 

 judgment. The better plan, after having ascertained 

 none of the claws are loose, is to make the dog stand 

 upon the lame foot on a piece of blotting paper. If the 

 slightest moisture be left thereon, throw the animal on 

 his back, and minutely examine the lower surface of each 

 claw. On one will be seen a small hole, not larger than 

 the point of a pin, from which exudes a thin watery dis- 

 charge. 



Soak the foot in warm water ; then with a sharp knife 

 pare off the superficial horn ; then soak and pare again ; 

 and so on till the entire claw is removed ; when slit up, 

 making a free wound of any sinuous opening that may 

 exist in the ball of the toe. Dress the interior of the 

 sinus with a small portion of sulphate of copper ; after- 

 wards with the healing lotion previously recommended ; 

 and all will do well : but the claw once taken away, 

 either by nature or art, is very seldom perfectly 

 restored. 



FOOT-SORE. Men of robust habit, who shoot over an 

 immense tract of country, and take a pleasure in law- 

 fully finding the game they kill, often have to complain 



