366 REMEDIES SUITED TO THE DOG. 
a little pouch of the cheek; but this is a tedious process, as the 
animal often refuses to swallow it for a long time, and then 
struggles till half is wasted. A spoon answers for small quantities, 
but for larger a soda-water bottle is the best instrument.. Then, 
having the dog. held on either of the plans recommended in the 
last paragraph, pour a little down, and shut the mouth, which 
is necessary, because the act of swallowing cannot be performed 
with it open. Repeat this till all is swallowed. Then watch the 
dog, or tie his head up, till it is clear that the medicine will, be 
retained on the stomach. 
CLYSTERS, OR INJECTIONS. 
When the bowels are very much confined, a pint or two of warm 
gruel will often be of great service, if thrown up into the rectum. 
The dog should be placed on his side, and held in this position 
on a table by an assistant, while the operator passes the pipe care- 
fully up into the rectum, and then pumps the fluid up. 
THE APPLICATION OF THE MUZZLE. 
_ When any operation is to be performed which is likely to make 
the dog use his teeth, he must be muzzled, either with an instru- 
ment made on purpose, or with a piece of tape, which is to be 
first wound round the nose of the dog, as close to the eyes as pos- 
sible without touching them, then tied in a knot between them, 
and both ends brought back over the forehead to the collar, where 
they are to be made fast. When a muzzle is required to be worn 
by a savage dog, either indoors or out, it must be so made as to 
allow of his readily putting his tongue out. For this purpose 
either a cone of leather pierced with holes, or of wire, is strapped 
on by a neck-strap and two or three short side-straps. . 
