254 DOGS : THEIR MANAGBMEKT. 



clianges its position- The next time it may rise, look 

 round, and seek another place ; which having found, it 

 appears to settle itself and to go to sleep. The rest once 

 more is broken, the voice grows more full and loud ; the 

 dog jumps up and runs about for a little while, then 

 selects a spot where it curls its body tightly up, as if 

 resolved to have out its nap. The interruption, however, 

 constantly recurs ; and at each return the exclamation is 

 more emphatic — the starting more energetic — the move- 

 ment more abrupt — and, contrasting these, the determi- 

 nation or desire to repose becomes more strong. Thus 

 endeavoring to sleep, and being constantly disturbed by 

 some sharp and shooting pain, the dog may continue for 

 a day, or two, or three, its cries, during the whole period, 

 offending a neighborhood. 



During the continuance of colic, the general appear- 

 ance of the animal may be but little affected. The 

 eye is not injected, but the pupil may be slightly en- 

 larged. The nose is cool and moist, but towards the 

 end, irritation may render the part hot or dry. The 

 appetite is generally slight— sometimes lost; and fluids 

 are more readily accepted than solids. The cry, how- 

 ever, should be remarked; because, with the pulse, it 

 gives the earliest notice when inflammation is commenc- 

 ing. While colic alone exists, the pulse may, from 

 pain, be accelerated, and rendered more full, as well 

 as strong, though not always to any marked extent. 

 In inflammation, the pulse is greatly quickened, the 

 artery becomes smaller, and its beat more jerking or 



