18 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



kennel or basket should be periodically cleansed with somefhing 

 destmctive to flea-life, for, contrary to the general belief, the flea 

 passes the larval existence in the cracks of the floor and the chinks 

 of the basket, and not upon the dog. Indeed, the perfect insect 

 stage is the only one in which the pest is parasitic on the dog. 



