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Title: Kennel secrets : how to breed, exhibit, and mannage dogs
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Perry, Joseph Franklin, 1846-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs -- Diseases
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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being entirely overcome by thecarbolic acid, which paralyzed the cutaneous nerves. As to the kind of powder to use. Manifestly it wouldnot be necessary to call attention to the fact that the doghad an eczematous spot by using white powder on him ifhe had a black coat, when powdered charcoal would answerevery purpose. Therefore, let this be used if the coat isvery dark. Fullers earth will do for brownish coats,powdered sulphur for yellowish or grayish coats, and thesubnitrate of bismuth for white coats. The hair at its lowest parts will be glued down by themixture, but it must not be disturbed for a week; at theend of which period a cure will generally have been ef-fected, and the hair can be restored by brushing after themat has been well softened with water. Of course if one application does not suffice a secondshould be made. With this remedy at hand a dog can often be kept upthrough a season, whereas without it the loss of hair mightsoon make his removal from the bench imperative.
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CHAPTER V. ON THE BENCH, Once dogs are on the bench they should be fed sparinglyuntil they are back to their kennels, one meal every twenty-four hours being the rule with all excepting toys ; and thisshould be made up of the most digestible foods. Those that are unaccustomed to dog cakes or biscuits,the food generally provided at shows, seldom take kindlyto them while their appetites are none the sharpest; andthey being declined it wnll of course be necessary for thecaretakers to provide other food. And really he is wisestin this matter who relies solely upon himself and obtainsat his hotel or markets the foods for which his dog hasa decided preference, and feeds and waters him with hisown hands. Were a dog off his feed while at a show it should notoccasion uneasiness. Declining milk or broth the firstday, he should fast until the second; and milk again re-jected, he should be offered a little finely minced raw beefor mutton. This in turn declined, another day of fastingshould follow,

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