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Or, in place of this during acute attacks when the breathing is very labored, 

 relief may be obtained by inhalations of the fumes of burning tar, resin or creosote. 



An asthmatic form of breathing is frequently found in connection with tumors 

 involving the respiratory tract. Such cases are incurable and it is the most mercl- 

 ful procedure to put the animal to a painless death. 



Harry W. Lacy has the following to say as to asthma, and I append it also for 

 the benefit it may do: 



"Asthma is a very common ailment among .sporting dogs, and is brought on 

 by repeated exposure, followed by inattention. If the simple duty of making a dog 

 comfortable be attended to at the close of each day's work, there need be little fear 

 of anything like this ensuing. It is not actually the exposure to the weather that 

 causes a dog to have lung trouble, because when a" dog is out exposed he is con- 

 stantly on the move, and the circulation keeps up, so that it is not possible for him 

 to contract a chill; but the chill is contracted when the animal returns home and 

 lies down in a wet condition. Then the blood ceases to circulate as rapidly as dur- 

 ing exercise, and the animal becomes shivery and a cold develops. This repeated 

 a few times more or less will end in a cough, and asthma will ensue. 



When once a dog has suffered from an attack of asthma there always remains 

 with him a predisposition to a renewal ol the trouble. It is a most distressing 

 complaint, and in the case of an animal like the dog, which leads, or should lead 

 an active outdoor life, it is almost impossible to effect a parmanent cure. Asthma 

 differs from bronchitis in several ways. It conies on in paroxysm*, which gradu- 

 ally get worse and worse, until finally the animal is suffocated. The treatment 

 usually adopted consists in placing the animal in a room or chamber where a kettle 

 is constantly boiling, so that the atmosphere is kept continually moist as moist 

 warmth does as much good as anything to give relief in such cases. As regards 

 medicine, some of the ordinary cough remedies may be tried, the best thing per- 

 haps being mixture of oxymel or> squill and glycerine, in equal parts, to which, a 

 little paregoric elixir is added. The dog should have this about three times a day." 



Another very good thing tq do in connection with any treatment you use is, 

 cut up an onion small and fine, anoint with a drop or two (no more or it will 

 blister) of kerosene is excellent for asthma and bronchitis. 



This, then put into a cotton cloth and tied around the dog's neck will afford 

 relief in breathing. The onion should be renewed by a fresh one every day. 



BITES, A great injustice is done to a great many dogs by the old saying 

 that "dogs delight to bark and bite," for there are very many that do not delight 

 in either, but are, to the contrary, properly behaved dogs in this respect. Some 

 dogs do, however, but generally in self defense, or at supposed call of duty. Should 

 your dog get bitten, wash the wound with tepid water, press out any blood, and pour 

 a little of friar's balsam, or compound tincture of myrrh on it. 



I very often get bitten accidentally by dogs at shows, or in my own kennel, in 

 separating fights, for instance and in such cases I suck the wound and spit it out, 

 thus abstracting any poison afterward treating for a time as follows, viz: 



Apply to the wound three or four times a day Peroxyde of Hydrogen, by tipping 

 the bottle against ti*e wound for a second or two, which will burn out any poison 

 (is painless), and then wrap the wound up with a clean cotton cloth, which keep 

 saturated with the following antiseptic: 



Listerine 1 ounce 



Hydrog. bichlor % grain 



Aqua 3 ounces 



