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Kres, in fact, the whole body should be covered with it. If a dip is required for 

 several dogs make 'the solution of the above proportions; if too strong the hair 

 will be burned off. This is a wonderfully good remedy for puppy rash that de- 

 velops often after puppies leave the mother; and if the puppy licks itself all the 

 better." 



Prof. R. D. Bohannan, the collie breeder of Columbus, O., in a letter recently 

 received, furnishes the following: 



"I have treated a 'case of horrid eczema lately (bought) with great success. 

 Took half gallon whale oil, added three pounds sulphur and three tablespoonfuls 

 of creolin. Wet the dog in this thoroughly. Left it on three weeks. Then washed 

 him. He was a new dog. Then sprinkle flowers of sulphur in coat daily for two 

 weeks. Use a can with perforated top. I never saw such a rapid cure. The dog 

 was a solid sore over about half his body. Gave him all 'this time all the raw 

 meat he would eat. This is against the books, but my doctrine is that meat makes 

 a dog. I am satisfied that any attempt to cure eczema by wetting dog in water 

 solutions is a mistake. Makes every case I have tried worse." 



EAR CANKER, INTERNAL. There are two forms of this disease, internal 

 and external, the latter generanlly the result of the former. I will first prescribe 

 for internal. Canker is a term generally applied to different obstinate, corroding, 

 or heating humors, horses having it in the feet, sheep having "foot rot;" but unless 

 the irritation is caused in the foot of the dog, sometimes by hard running on rough 

 ground, causing cankerous sores, and which should be treated the same as internal 

 ear canker, it is not found in dogs except in the ear. 



Causes. First of all, and most common, is some injury, such as blows on the 

 ear or pulling the ears, a habit some people have as a method of correction, and 

 one that is moist pernicious. Others, of which probably the principal one is getting 

 the ears full of water in diving, swimming or retrieving from water, followed by 

 lack of exercise; too rich food, dirty, da^mp kennel to sleep in, and excess of fat, as 

 it is often found in fat, lazy dogs. 



Canker may be the result of exposure to cold, over-feeding, the presence of 

 insects; foreign bodies, or an accumulation of wax in the ear, are also fertile 

 causes, while the most common is the washing of dogs with coarse alkaline soaps 

 which are totally unfit for the sensitive skin of the dog. The soap, during the 

 washing, gains access to the ear, setting up dangerous inflammations. 



Hugh Dalziel says: "Is there not another and frequent cause whether those 

 sportsmen (?) do not often produce it who, instead of correcting their dogs by the 

 legitimate means of the voice and the whip, resort to another method much to be 

 condemned. 'Lugging' a dog is as cruel as kicking him, neither is a fit mode of 

 punishment and the former very likely to produce canker." 



Ear canker is one of the nuisances of dog keeping, and when neglected is a 

 most obstinate complaint. The experienced dogman is always on the alert, but 

 the novice may not detect the trouble until the ear discharges an acrid secretion. 

 The careful kennelman will examine his dogs' ears as a part of the daily grooming. 



INTERNAL CANKER is an inflammation of the lining membrane of the passage to 

 the ear, which if neglected turns into ulceration and suppuration, and when of 

 long standing a blackish, offensive discharge takes place, accumulating in the air 

 passage, and the interior of the ear will be found red and inflamed. 



When you notice the following symptoms begin at once to treat him for it, the 

 sooner the better, to save your dog pain and yourself trouble: 



