at the first place the benching is used, it will become infected and 
carry the disease to other shows unless it be thoroughly disinfected 
before being used the second time. The exhibition of a young dog 
for the first time is a great strain on his nervous system, which 
doubtless tends toward the development of this much dreaded dis¬ 
ease. 
If any dog having attained the age of one year in vigorous 
health is then attacked with distemper, I know of no reason why 
he should not recover, providing the proper methods are employed, 
though occasionally a case occurs in which numerous complica¬ 
tions arise, such as inflammation of the bowels, fits, chorea, paralysis, 
jaundice, pneumonia or broncho-pneumonia, that will resist all 
the science of the veterinary profession. As a matter of economy, I 
would suggest to dog owners, especially those intending to have 
their puppies field broken, to subject them at the age of one year, 
if in robust health, to the contagion of distempered animals, with 
the object of their contracting the disease with a fair chance of 
recovery. If they come through all right they may then be broken. 
To have a dog die of distemper after having expended from $ 1 CO 
to $200 on his education is, to say the least, disappointing. 
Again, a dog’s sense of smell is sometimes so seriously impaired 
by the disease as to render him permanently useless in the field. 
Symptoms. -In early stages, dullness, loss of appetite 
sneezing, chills, fever, undue moisture of the nose, congestion of 
the eyes, nausea, a gagging cough accompanied by the act of vomi- 
tion, though rarely anything is voided (if anything, it will be a 
little mucus), thirst, a desire to lie in a warm place, and rapid 
emaciation. This is quickly followed by muco-purulent discharge 
from the eyes and nose; later, perhaps ulceration of either eyes 
or eyelids. Labored respiration, constipation or obstinate diarrhoea, 
usually the latter, which frequently runs into inflammation of the 
bowels. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the entire ali¬ 
mentary canal exists, all the organs becoming in time more or less 
effected. A pustulous eruption on the skin is by some authors 
considered a favorable symptom, but to me it is an evidence of a 
vitiated condition of the blood. In some cases many of the above 
symptoms will be absent, the bowels being the first parts attacked. 
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