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much for her breeding one. 1 now give tlie whelps a worm pill at five 

 weeks old while on the mother, and another at six weeks old a day or two 

 before I take her away, as they will always suckle when you can't get them 

 to feed. I hear many trainers and others say their whelps had distemper 

 when being weaned. I am sure it is worms. To show how hard it is for a 

 sucking whelp to take distemper, I had one last year reared on a bitch fiom 

 the "Lost Home." 1 destroyed the bitch when the pup was about four 

 weeks old with the most virulent kind of distemper on her, yet the pup 

 never took it, nor did the litter into which I put her. 



I also find that Benbow is very useful to put whelps on their feed, but I 

 do not find it the slightest assistance in getting rid of worms. I give it 

 freely, however, whenever a whelp goes off its feed. I lost a great many 

 whelps last year through yellows, but in the last few cases was wonderfully 

 successful. I think we saved five out of the last seven. The great thing 

 was to make the kidneys work, and also to give a strong liver tonic, and in 

 this way, by diffusing the disease and working it out by other means than 

 the old-fashioned w\ay of purging the liver, we were very successful. No 

 rich food, but as much nourishment to be given as possible. The most 

 annoying and aggravating part of the business is the persistent way in which 

 greyhounds try to kill themselves. Leave a door open and they gallop 

 straight for the most dangerous places. Let them loose in a field, and they 

 gallop into one another and do all they know to break their own or one 

 another's necks, and if one does go wrong you may be sure it's the best, not 

 the worst. However, there are many worse amusements than sitting in a 

 field of tliree or four acres, and watching the youngsters play during this 

 splendid weather. 



I may add to the foregoing— from long experience of my own— that 

 as a VERMIFUGE — or a preventive of worms would perhaps be the better 

 term — nothing is better than the skin of any furred animal, such as 

 the rat, rabbit, or hare, chopped up raw in the dogs' mess. 



Messrs. Piackham, chemists, of Norwich, supply dog medicines which 

 I found wonderfully efficacious, notably their balls for distemper, and 

 those for yellows. 



Nearly every ailment a dog is subject to proceeds from his stomach, 

 and an emetic, if given in the early stage, generally prevents bad conse- 

 quences ; therefore, the moment a dog seems to be ill give him an 

 EMETIC of butter and salt. The quantity, of course, is to be regulated 

 according to his age and size. 



I don't know anything about greyhounds being sent to the country 

 to walk, but I do know that pointers, setters, foxhounds, and even 

 terrier puppies, if not sent to the country, seldom turn out satis- 

 factory. They are far more likely to get crooked if kept in the kennel 

 while they are young, than if they be allowed to enjoy the freedom 

 of a farmer's home. 



The breeds I refer to are not so brainless as greyhounds. They have 

 too much sagacity to try conclusions between their heads and a stone 

 wall, overloaded though they invariably are with youthful impetuosity 

 quite equal to that of the long tails. 



