DOGS. 



FLEAS* 



Dog fleas are not the same as those afflicting mankind. 

 Their destruction is simple enough, but they breed again so 

 quickly in the autumn months, that it is well to sprinkle them 

 with insect powder, which can be obtained of any chemist. 



If a bath is imperative, as it often is, in the case of long- 

 haired animals, then the best way to prepare it is to infuse a 

 quarter of a pound of quassia chips in the w^ater before 

 commencing to wash the dog with a plentiful lather of soft soap ; 

 or give the dog a warm bath containing a tablespoonful of creolin, 

 in which case no soap should be used and the dog should 

 dry itself. Another remedy is two ounces sulphurated potash 

 in two gallons of water. Mix the potash in a little water to 

 dissolve, and then add it to two gallons of water. 



RINGWORM. 



A vegetable parasite causes this disease of the skin. 



Treatment. — Mercurial ointments will destroy the parasite, 

 but the difficulty is to get at it, or the parts affected may be 

 treated with an application of tr. of iodine. The dog should 

 be isolated and the kennel disinfected. 



TICKS* 



In the neighbourhood of sheep and deer-parks, dogs often 

 suffer terribly from ticks. 



Treatment. — Look carefully for them and pick off with 

 fingers or fine forceps. Mange lotion has been said to kill them, 

 but the writer has kept them in turpentine and anthelmintics 

 without apparent injury to their health. 



Harvest bugs sometimes attack thin-skinned dogs, and the 

 remedy is the sulphur lotion or ointment recommended for 

 mange {see Mange, page io8.) 



PILES* 



Pet dogs, getting insufficient exercise and no relaxing food 

 {see Constipation, page 92), are liable to piles. 



