106 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



"Do not attempt to rear a pup on a weakly, unhealthy mother, but, if the breed 

 is desired, procure for the pups a foster-mother of undoubted health and stamina; 

 let the nest be in a warm, airy place, and as soon as the pups are able to leave the 

 nest let them have plenty of room, fresh air, warmth, and sunshine, if possible, 

 and insure thorough cleanliness of the place in which they are kept. When old 

 enough to eat, let their diet be light, nourishing and digestible, and rickets will be 

 avoided. In cases where rickets already exist attend to the above suggestions; let 

 a considerable portion of the diet consist of good milk, to which add a little lime 

 water, say a tablespoonful to every quarter pint, and give in the food small doses 

 of cod liver oil twice a day for some months." 



The following is from "NOTES FOB NOVICES," published in the American Stock- 

 keeper: 



"A great deal has been said and written on the subject of rickets in puppies. 

 In a great many cases the trouble is brought on by allowing them to play and roll 

 about at an early age on a brick floor. If it is necessary to keep puppies in a house 

 with brick floor it should be covered over with movable boards, under which is a 

 layer of disinfected sawdust, so as to prevent the propagation of insects. 



"As an internal remedy for puppies which are rickety, nothing is much better 

 than Parrish's Chemical Food, which contains iron and other phosphates and 

 must improve the state of the bone system. Cod liver oil emulsion with hypophos- 

 phites is also excellent, and alternate doses of each may be given with benefit. 



"The use of liniments depend on circumstances. If the leg weakness is 

 caused by the puppy having been kept on a brick floor, as suggested, it is possible 

 to put matters all right again by the use of liniment only. But if due to physical 

 weakness, less will depend upon external application than upon internal remedies 

 given, and general dieting and management. As a good all-round liniment there is 

 nothing better than ordinary hartshorn and oil liniment, with a liberal allowance 

 of turpentine." 



DENT prescribes, in American field, as follows: 



"What is the matter with my St. Bernard puppy, six months old? He walks 

 like a person would with rheumatism; it all seems to be in his forelegs; he fol- 

 lowed my buggy one day and got very warm, and then got very wet. He is quite 

 large and fleshy, weight one hundred and ten pounds? Ans. RICKETS; give him a 

 dessertspoonful of precipitated phosphate of lime in his food three times a day; 

 also feed him four ounces of lean beef daily, and egg shells finely broken up and 

 mixed in with his soft food." 



The following was published in Field and Fancy, in reply to request from a 

 subscriber written by DR. O. V. BEUMLEY, Professor of Canine Diseases of the Col- 

 1 lege of Veterinary Department, State University of Ohio: 



"What is the cause of rickets? I have two puppies that have rickets now, are 

 i quite valuable ones, and would like to save them if possible. They first com 

 I meiiced to show evidences of the disease about two months ago, and now one of 

 them has peculiar enlargements around the joints on the front limbs, also on its 

 i face, which gives it a very peculiar appearance. The other one is not quite co 

 i bad yet, but seems to be getting worse all the time. Could you suggest anything 

 I that would help them? 



"There has been a great many theories advanced in regard to the cause of 



i this disease, and in many instances they do not seem to be entirely satisfactory. 



Among the many things that have been mentioned as the cause of rhachitis, the 



