Your Dog and Your Cat 



Cottonseed oil is good for the hair but is quite 

 sticky. Sulphur may be added to the oil if the 

 skin is at all inclined to be red. 



Teeth 



Hvanh&T— Puppy Teeth.— There are thirty-two 

 puppy or milk teeth, consisting of six incisors or 

 front teeth, two canine or comers, and eight molars 

 or grinders on each jaw. The process of eruption 

 begins at about the third week and usually extends 

 over a period of two weeks so that at five weeks 

 all of the milk teeth should be through. They 

 erupt rapidly, as a rule, giving no trouble. , 



Permanent Teeth. — The permanent set consists 

 of forty-two teeth arranged the same as the puppy 

 teeth, with the addition of four large grinders on 

 the upper jaw, and six on the lower. Their erup- 

 tion begins about the third or fourth month and is 

 usually completed by the time the dog is seven 

 months old. 



Eruption. — During the process of teething the 

 gums become very red and swollen and there is an 

 increased flow of saliva. In some cases the inflam- 

 mation is intense and there is a loss of appetite and 

 occasionally convulsions. It frequently happens that 

 the second incisors and canines come in before the 

 puppy teeth drop out and unless the latter are re- 

 moved they will force the new teeth to one side and 

 themselves become permanent, leaving the dog with 



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