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exercise to a proper extent, and to get. them in 

 working condition is a serious task. 



Treatment. — Give a brisk purgative two or 

 three times a week and give one of Dent's 

 Blood Purifying and Cooling Pills three times 

 a day after feeding. Gradually decrease the 

 allowance of food and feed only stale bread, dog 

 biscuits or crackers, dry if they will eat them ; 

 if not, moisten with a very little milk or thin 

 soup ; do not feed grease, fat, potatoes or sweets 

 of any kind. As the food is decreased, slowly 

 increase the amount of exercise, and as the 

 animal gradually comes into form omit the 

 purgatives and feed raw lean beef, chopped fine 

 — gradually increasing the amount. 



SORE FEET. 



The spongy, elastic pads which form the foot 

 covering require considerable attention. 



Dogs out of condition and suffering from 

 lack of exercise, when put down for field work 

 on rough ground, short stubble or hard prairie, 

 frequently have these pads worn so thin or so 

 badly bruised after a few hours' work as to be 

 unable to proceed, and it is not an uncommon 

 thing for inflammation to set in of such severity 

 that the feet swell, becoming hot and painful, 

 so that the dog cannot stand on them. Matter 

 forms between the layers of the soles of the 

 feet and the outer covering of the pads sloughs 



