168 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



find and eat the egg. Very few experiences with such eggs will be needed to cure 

 his propensity. 



DEBILITY AND WEAKNESS AFTER DISTEMPER. "Have cured ray eight-months-old 

 setter bitch of the distemper, but since she has been cured she can hardly stand. 

 Her eyes, nose and mouth seem 'to be in good condition, yet she eats and drinks 

 little. When sleeping she whines and shakes herself unceasingly; her bowels act 

 the same as if she had the diarrhea, and she has acted this way for six or eight 

 weeks. The warts have disappeared. Please prescribe." 



Answer. Feed anything she will eat beef broths, chopped lean beef, gelatin 

 and eggs, etc. and give her a Sergeant's, Clayton's or Dent's Condition Pill twice 

 a day for probably a month." 



No NAME FOR THIS DISEASE. "My pointer dog is ten years old, hunts arid 

 covers the ground in good style, will take a six-rail fence with ease, will hunt all 

 day, and cry to proceed when I sit down to lunch or to rest; he does not suffer any 

 pain afield, only he swells about the loins the next morning and is sore to the 

 touch on the sides of the small of his back. He is continually trying to pass his 

 water when afield, but only a few drops of blood will pass, and in these attempU 

 his back parts quiver a great deai. Piease name the disease and prescribe a cure." 



Answer. "Give a teaspooni'ui of sanmetto three times a day. There is no 

 particular name for this trouble in dogs. Also g.ve him for some time one of the 

 Condition Pills mentioned above." 



EPILEPSY. "Prescribe for my three-year-old sixty-pound foxhound, that, at 

 times, while on chase, will suddenly fall, his legs become stiff and he will whine 

 as 'though in great pain and tremble all over.. The attacks do not last long, how- I 

 ever, and he is all right again, or seems to be. Nothing elfce Cso far as 1 can see) 

 appears 'to trouble him. What is the matter?" 



Answer. "A mild form of epilepsy. Give him a capsule three times a day 

 containing pepsin three grains, gentian two grains, nux voniica one-half grain. ' 



DRYING UP BAG ON BITCH. "I have a pointer bitch, two and a half years old, 

 which has already had puppies. She came in season again about the middle 01 

 January and 1 had her bred; she has not had any puppies, buc her teats came 

 down a little and she has a little milk in them. Should I rub them with anything 

 to dry them up? If so, please prescribe." 



Answer. "Apply the following, with gentle friction, twice a day: Lanolin 

 one ounce, camphor twenty grains, belladonna twenty grains." 



TENDENCY TO RICKETS IN PUPPIES. "My English getter puppies, two months 

 old, tremble when they stand up and suddenly will fall, then when they get up act 

 as if sore on their fore-legs; at times they seem better. 1 feed them milk and sort 

 food such as bread and gravy mixed. What is the matter? Please prescribe. ' 



Answer. "A tendency to rickets. Feed raw, lean beef, chopped tine, raw eggs, 1 

 gelatin, meat broths, stale bread, etc. and give each puppy one-half teaspoonful of j 

 cod liver old emulsion four times a day." 



RUNNING SORE ON LEG. "On the fleshy part of my pointer's hind-leg is a run- 

 ning sore, in size about two inches by one inch, and at the top of the sore is a 

 light-colored fluid. Please prescribe." 



Answer. "Inject equal parts of peroxide of hydrogen and water three times 

 a day for three days; then discontinue and sponge the sore three times a day with 

 a solution of sulphate of copper, one dram, water one ounce." 



