84 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



grease," applying it the same as you would a liniment. Repeat this the next day, 

 and probably for two days more, the bath not being strictly essential except the 

 first day. If you wish, or the dog is a house dog, you can give it a bath after the 

 skin cure has been on for half an hour, for i't has then done its work, this bath 

 simply to put the dog in more presentable and cleaner shape, as all skin or 

 mange cures contain oil of some kind and are therefore greasy. There are sev- 

 eral good mange cures aside from mine, as Glover's, Clayton's, Spratt's, Dent's 

 and others, and I used some of these until I got up my own, which is simply a 

 perfect one none can be made better and besides, it has not such an offensive 

 odor as most mange cures have, not so objectionable to use. There are nine 

 different ingredients used in mine, and each bottle has to be made separately, in 

 order to get these ingredients to mix. A very good mange cure is the following: 



Train oil % gallon 



Venice turpentine 2 ounces 



Oil of tar !/ 2 ounce 



Lac Sulphur 1 pound 



First mix the oil and turpentine and then add the oil of tar and sulphur. 

 Your druggist may not have train oil, as it is often hard to procure. If so, com- 

 mon "black oil" or crude petroleum will do just as well. 



All mange cures should be applied the same as directed in using mine. 



Mr. Fred Jacobi, Proprietor of the Woodbine Kennels, Lowell, Mich., recom- 

 mends using STANDAKD OIL OF TAR, as follows: 



"For quick cure of mange use 1 quart of Standard Oil of Tar to 10 quarts of 

 water; have water as hot as possible without scalding or burning hand, mix thor- 

 oughly, place liquid in a small narrow tub, one that will just fit the dog if possible; 

 place clog in tub, take a cup and pour the liquid all over him, beginning at head, 

 just below ears; saturate dog thoroughly, loosen up all old scabs, applying well 

 the cure to affected parts. Take stiff brush, wet with liquid, brush dog thor- 

 oughly; remove dog from tub, give him a bed of clean straw to roll in, do not 

 rinse off with clean water or rub skin dry. Do not allow dog to roll in dirt 

 immediately after his wash, as he will if not chained up or placed in a room. 

 Rolling in sand after a wash will irritate the sores and make the cure all the 

 harder. When about dry, the sore spots may be touched up with equal parts of 

 water and Standard Oil of Tar. In curing mange, the bedding must be changed 

 every day, wash all woodwork where dog rubs, once every week with hot water 

 in which has been placed Standard Oil of Tar." 



There is no use in taking medicine unless you follow your doctor's advice, so 

 don't expect the desired result unless you follow directions, as one or two appli- 

 cations will not effect a cure in a case of mange. Mange can be cured, no matter 

 how bad a case it appears to be, if you go at it right and have the right remedy, 

 in fact, it is one of the easiest to cure of all troubles. The reason why so many 

 people dread this disease is because of their failure to cure what they wrongly 

 suppose is mange, when it perhaps is eczema, which is a much longer story, but 

 can also be cured and the treatment of which is given under that heading. Re- 

 member, that if you have more than one dog, the others will get it unless the 

 afflicted one is removed and isolated in time. The advantage of having a regular 

 kennel or place for each dog to sleep is manifest in treating the dog for mange., 

 as thus you can disinfect his kennel and destroy the bedding, which are both 

 infected, whereas, if your dog was sleeping any place he wanted to in your house, 





