June, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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HOME TREATMENT FOR AILING DOGS 
THE THIRD PAPER ON PRESERVING CANINE HEALTH 
By MEDICUS 
O FTEN a common cold, with a thin 
mucus discharge, which eventually 
thickens, becomes chronic and is then 
referred to as catarrh. In its early stages 
it speedily yields to treatment, but if 
neglected it becomes disastrous in the ex¬ 
treme, and no one knows where it will 
end. Puppies are more prone to colds than 
grown dogs, and the strong rugged breeds 
that spend most of their lives out of doors 
are not so likely to be affected as those 
kept as house pets in heated rooms and 
taken out from time to time for exercise 
under varying conditions of temperature. 
Colds and catarrh may be the result of 
neglect in any form, such as leaky kennels, 
allowing a sporting dog to stand around in 
the rain or after a hard day’s work to sleep 
at night on damp bedding. Exposure of 
any kind when tired or exhausted and the 
vitality is low is also apt to be followed 
by a cold. In severe cases the patient is 
dull, lifeless and a picture of lassitude, in¬ 
clined to curl up and sleep any place and 
dispirited when disturbed. The appetite is 
lost or capricious; this is followed by run¬ 
ning at the nose and a slight discharge 
from the eyes; the membranes of the eye 
are inflamed and darker than usual. Sneez¬ 
ing is frequent, and the discharge from 
the nostrils indicates the extent of the dis¬ 
order; it is a thin mucus, and not sticky 
as in distemper. The dryness of the nose 
and the heat of the mouth denote the 
amount of fever, but as a rule there is no 
rise of temperature, as in distemper, nor 
do the teeth become discolored, as in the 
latter disease. If the inflammation and 
catarrhal condition extends to the mem¬ 
branes of the throat there will be a cough; 
if it is confined to the nostrils alone there 
is simply a discharge. The treatment is 
simple and the condition easily cleared up 
f taken in time. Give the patient a dose 
>f castor oil as soon as it is observed to 
>e “off its feed” and ailing; keep in dry, 
omfortable quarters; give plenty of water 
o drink, in which you may dissolve a tea- 
poonful of the chlorate of potash, and 
ive the following medicine: Tincture of 
conite, twelve drops; paregoric, two 
rams; syrup of squills, four drams; spirits 
f nitre, two drams; concentrated spirits 
f acetate of ammonia, one dram; water 
3 make four ounces. Dose, from one- 
ourth of a teaspoonful to a teaspoonful 
iree times a day. Feed on sloppy food for 
vo or three days and then give more sub- 
antial food and cod liver oil. 
Bad breath is frequently noted in dogs, 
his disgusting condition is due to a va- 
ety of causes, chief among them being a 
isordered stomach, the result of indiges- 
on or worms, and a diseased condition of 
ie teeth, which is more or less dependent 
^on the condition of the stomach. Dis¬ 
hes of the lungs, as well as a catarrhal 
mdition of the nasal passages, also affect 
e breath. Remove the cause; that is, if 
e stomach is out of order treat for 
orms and use a good condition pill until 
e digestive processes are normal. If the 
teeth are covered with tartar remove it by 
scaling with a small scraper, such as den¬ 
tists use, and then clean with an ordinary 
tooth brush and dental powder. If the 
breath remains bad after the teeth have 
been cleaned and the stomach toned up, 
give twice a day for a week two to ten 
grains of salol. If there is catarrhal dis¬ 
charge from the nostrils add a teaspoonful 
of salt to a ten-ounce bottle of water and 
syringe out the nostrils twice a day with 
the solution. 
Some dogs when out on the street ex¬ 
hibit a morbid appetite and will pick up 
and eat all kinds of rubbish—dirt, coals, 
stones and filth. Muzzling a dog when in 
the street for several weeks will sometimes 
break it of this habit and other cases can 
be cured by dusting everything with 
cayenne pepper liable to be picked up. In 
all cases give a good dose of worm medi¬ 
cine, as worms are the cause of most mor¬ 
bid appetites. 
Short-faced dogs, such as pugs, Bostons 
and bull dogs, frequently have difficulty in 
breathing; sometimes during a period of 
excitement it is so labored that the dog 
will all but suffocate or fall over on its 
side as if on the verge of asphyxiation, 
and under ordinary conditions the sides 
heave heavily and quantities of white, 
frothy mucus are brought up, especially 
when first turned out in the morning. 
Usually in these cases the condition is more 
or less complicated by a weak heart. Al¬ 
though operations are sometimes performed 
in these cases and the false palate re¬ 
moved, they are seldom successful. The 
most that can be done is to carefully select 
the diet so as to obviate danger of aggra¬ 
vating the condition by a disturbance of 
the stomach. Feed three times a day on 
raw meat cut into small pieces; do not 
overload the stomach at any time and give 
from one to eight drops of the tincture of 
nux vomica and from three to ten grains 
of pepsin after each meal. 
P UNCTURED wounds, whether caused 
by the bite of a dog or some sharp 
instrument, if allowed to scab over at 
the top before healing has been completed 
at the bottom, usually form an abscess; 
therefore, all wounds of this character 
should be induced to heal slowly from the 
bottom. Wash the injured parts with 
warm water to which carbolic acid has been 
added in the proportion of one part to 
sixty, or use a warm solution of boracic 
acid, then soak a pad of absorbent cotton 
in either one of these lotions and apply it 
to the wound, cover with a piece of oiled 
silk and bandage. This treatment should 
be continued until the wound is healed. If 
the skin is torn the parts should be cleansed 
with the carbolic solution and the edges of 
the wound brought together with stitches, 
then apply a pad of carbolic gauze over 
the parts and bandage in position. There 
is always danger of suppuration, and if it 
occurs remove two or three stitches so as 
to give the parts drainage. The patient 
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