Your Dog and Your Cat 



along the dog's ribs. Under such restraint the dog 

 will be unable to move in any direction. If only a 

 small quantity of liquid is to be given a spoon may 

 be used, but for larger quantities it is better to pro- 

 vide a bottle. A suitable dosing bottle may be made 

 by fitting a piece of rubber tubing about two inches 

 long over the neck of a one ounce bottle. The pur- 

 pose of the tubing is to avoid getting the bottle 

 too close to his teeth so that if he should bite he 

 would get the tubing rather than the bottle. 



When the dose has been prepared, grasp the lip 

 of the dog at the extreme right hand comer of the 

 mouth with the left hand and pull outward and 

 upward in such a way as to form a pouch of the 

 cheek. Take the bottle in the right hand and pour 

 a small quantity of the liquid into the pocket. If 

 the dog refuses to swallow after a reasonable length 

 of time, pinch the nostrils so as to shut ofif his 

 wind. This will usually induce swallowing, but 

 the more stubborn dogs will hold out until they are 

 forced to cough. With this event it is necessary 

 to free the animal quickly and wait until he is again 

 breathing freely. The operation may then be re- 

 peated by introducing smair quantities of the medi- 

 cine at a time until all has been taken. Beginners 

 are bound to lose a part of the dose in the first 

 attempts, but it is possible, with practice, to ad- 

 minister to the most obstinate, the bitterest of doses. 

 In the case of oil or any medicine where the dose 

 is elastic, more can be given to make up for the 



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