For Troubles a Dog May Have, That May Not be Found Under Headings Elsewhere of Regular Diseases.

Dogs Eating Their Own Filth

I have a fox terrier bitch puppy, eight months old, that has a disgusting habit of eating her own droppings, also those of other dogs; will pick them up and drag them into the kennel. I have tried everything that I could think of to stop the practice. She is large and healthy, but must have some trouble with her stomach or she would not do as she does. I have six dogs and they never offer to do what she appears to delight in. She will make her deposit and then turn around and eat it right after I have got through feeding her. I feed twice a day. What can I do to stop that filthy habit? Whipping does no good.

Answer

Watch her closely and cover the feces with powdered cayenne pepper.

What can I do for my twenty-months-old greyhound? About two months ago I noticed he would eat his own and other droppings, including manure; have tried pepper, and also sulphur and lard, but to no purpose. Treated him with Dent's Vermifuge, but have not noticed any worms. He eats well and has plenty of exercise, but seems to get thinner every day, and lately will lie down after a little run. He has a little matter In his eyes.

Answer

Wive him, before meals, three times a day, a pill containing nux vomica one-half grain, gentian four grains, sulphate of iron three grains; after meals give him a grain of pure pepsin.

Catarrh

What can I do for my hound? He sneezes about all the time and discharges at the nose. I have tried several remedies without success. He eats well and is bright and active.

Answer

Take equal parts of distilled water and listerine and spray into the nostrils twice daily. (See Catarrh.)

Sore Mouth

What will cure my dogs? I have lost recently six or eight very fine dogs. They have very sore mouths and ropes of saliva run from their mouths; they can not eat anything or even drink water; they lick their fore feet all the while, and finally die after great suffering. Some people call it slobber disease, and I have tried every remedy I can hear of, such as chlorate of potash, alum, borax, sage tea and honey, none of which did any good.

Answer

A malignant form of sore mouth. Take five grains of permanganate of potash to one ounce of distilled water and wash the diseased parts three times daily. Feed milk and raw eggs. (See also Canker of the Mouth.)

Urticaria, Or Nettle Rash

My pointer dog, nine months old, scratches and bites himself a great deal; his ears are thick and leathery and quite hot and red inside; his eyes are red and much matter and watery discharge from them; he has a very offensive smell about him all the time; he smells worse and scratches most when in a warm room; very small breakings out come between his forelegs, which heal up and disappear in a few days; his appetite is good. I feed him corn bread and milk, table scraps and a little cooked meat. He grows fast and is fat enough. I keep him tied except for an hour or so each day. Please name disease and prescribe.

Answer

Urticaria, nettle rash; stop feeding corn and substitute cooked turnips, beets and cabbage; take oil of tar four ounces, alcohol four ounces, cottonseed oil eight ounces, mix and apply all over the body for six consecutive days, giving a bath on the seventh day; repeat treatment if necessary. For four consecutive mornings give one ounce of castor oil and twenty drops of cascara segrada.

Sore Feet

What can I do for my beagle bitch, two and a half years old, who eats well and seems well, but her feet get sore, sometimes between the toes and sometimes under the toes?

Answer

Make a strong decoction of white oak bark, and bathe the feet with it twice daily.

Sore On Ear

My dog has a large sore on the outside of his ear, caused by constant rubbing. What would you prescribe? I have used carbolic salve, but this seems to make him want to scratch all the more. I have tied his hind legs together but he bites off the cord, and when I put anything over his head he works it off.

Answer

Cleanse the sore with warm water and soap, and apply the tincture of iodine ounce, or use Spratt's Locurium, a great healer.

To Dry Up Milk

My bitch's puppies died at birth. What shall I do? Bitch has bag full of milk.

Answer

Rub the bag with camphorated oil, especially if the teats are hardened. Another remedy is alcohol, four ounces to a quart of water. Do not draw off the milk now, as that encourages the secretion. (See also Caked Breast.)

Sores On Hips And Hocks

Setter has sores on hips and hocks; has been troubled with them some time.

Answer

Apply boracic acid ointment. (See also Sores.)

Goitre

I have on my hands what I suppose is a case of goitre; the dog is five months old, but the protuberance on the throat is developing very rapidly. What can I do to remove it as speedily as possible without injury?

"Paint with iodine once daily and give internally, if a small dog, one grain, and if a fair-sized dog, two grains of iodide of potash three times daily for two weeks."

Sore Feet

My English setter dog, three years old, feet get sore when I work him; they get feverish and matter is discharged from between the toes. What shall I do?

"Paint dog's feet with a solution of sulphate of copper, one dram to the ounce of water."

Antidote For Strychnine Poisoning

What would be the most effective antidote one could carry while on a hunt in case of strychnine poisoning of the dogs?

Answer

Give an emetic if possible, then give from twenty to thirty grains of chloral hydrate, administered by the rectum; after giving the injection, bring pressure on the anus to prevent its expulsion. (See Poisoning.)

Inflammation Of The Lungs