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tration of an injection is in the first instance almost cer- 

 tain to alarm the animal, who can neither understand 

 nor passively sanction the strange liberty the operation 

 implies. A little soothing, however, will restore his con- 

 fidence, and he who has gained the trust of a dog, may 

 subsequently do as he pleases with the body of the gene- 

 rous and confiding beast. 



NEBVOUS DISEASES. FTTS IN THE DOO. 



YouATT speaks of fits as particularly fatal to tlie dog, 

 saying they " kill more than all the other diseases put 

 together." The experience of this esteemed authority is 

 in dicect variance with my own — save from distemper. 

 When the fits occur in that disease they are mostly 

 fatal, being the wind-up of all the many evils which the 

 malady in its most intense and malignant form can accu- 

 mulate on one doomed life — I have not otherwise found 

 them especially troublesome. 



Fainting fits require little attention ; if the dog be 

 left quiet, it will in due time often recover without medi- 

 cine. 



Puerperal, or ratter pupping fits, are treated of in 

 their fitting place, and, if properly administered to, are 

 by no means dangerous. 



Fits par excellence are witnessed when a dog is taking 

 a long walk with its master ; the animal at first lingers 

 behind, or gets a long distance before the proprietor, who 

 notices the fact, but contents himself with whistling and 



