Distemper - This disease trouble breeders more and causes more deaths than anything else, except perhaps worm. It is the hardest subject I have to handle in this book, and as too much information on this dreaded disease we cannct know, I have secured tor this article about all I could get. Read and study up this subject before distemper appears, so as to be then prepared to attend to it when your dogs are so'unfortunate as to have it. It is not a foregone conclusion that a dog must die, because he has distemper; I have had many dogs get it and get well, and I now have dogs in my kennel that got safely over it, and- these same dogs afterwards exposed to it several- times and did not again have it. As to this, I believe that it does not necessarily follow that a grown dog will have it the second time, if exposed, any more than a man is in danger of getting smallpox after having passed safely through it. Lately I had two cases of distemper in my kennel, one being a boarder, a Cocker spaniel, and the other, one of my own poodles, both young clogs of six months. Unfortunately both cases proved fatal, but I checked it up here and not another one of the fifty other dogs in the kennel had it at all, which was indeed lucky, as it was impossible to prevent most of them from exposure at the first stages of the disease when these two were taken down with it. What I did do, however, was to immediately take steps to prevent, especially the younger dogs from getting it. This I did by at once isolating the ones that had It, thoroughly disinfecting all kennels, destroying the bedding that had been see how they ate, and condition of passages, and am glad to say that this time I confined it to the two that died.

It is a wise plan to have this remedy on hand, so that when distemper used, and then putting every dog that had been exposed on either Clayton's few days, watching every dog for any signs of distemper coming, also as to Distemperine, which has been my standby for years. This I kept up for a comes, you can go to work on the dog at once, and not make it worse by having to wait till you can get the remedy. Since writing my first book I have used the "Onion Remedy" of my friend, William Saxby, the Beagle breeder of Ilion, N. Y. This, in addition to other treatment, and with good results, as it can do no harm and will surely do good. It is called the "Home Made Distemper Cure," and was published in all the dog papers:

Slice a sound raw onion (the stronger the better) and put into a stocking leg and with safety pins fasten around the dog's neck, with the onions under the chin. This will cause the discharge to be watery; renew often enough to keep it watery (say every other day) and with careful nursing you will be surprised at your success.

Mow to diet a dog during distemper is a question to which the answer must vary according to the circumstances of the case. It goes without saying, however, that in all cases sold meat must be tabooed - anything likely to raise the temperature being highly unsuitable. If the dog is purged violently, milk, with a small percentage of lime water added, would be good, as would also port wine beaten up with egg. As a general rule the safest plan is to dispense with solids altogether, and feed on gruels, broths, beef tea, etc., remembering that, as with a human invalid so with a canine, it is equally of importance to provide only light, eisily-digested nourishment, since the stomach is affected with the rest of the body, and what it could easily assimilate during health, it has no means of dealing with during sickness.

Dog biscuits and all farinaceous solids are to be avoided now. A little gruel made with fine Oatmeal and boiling milk will usually be taken, especially if not too thick. Again, though we dispense with meat, gravy may be offered and soup made by boiling bones. As the animal regains his strength meat may be recommended, by slow degrees, but it should be thoroughly cooked, and it might also be minced with advantage, as the dog, even in sickness, is prone to his natural habit of "bolting" food.

Another excellent food we have found for invalid dogs is the family rice pudding - rice baked with milk. A dog will generally accept this and it forms both a satisfying and nutritious meal.

Keeping them eating is the great trouble - and eat they must, in order to sustain sufficient strength to get through this trying ordeal. When the dog quits eating and refuses food, try and coax him to eat by getting and cooking him something new and delicate that he has not been used to getting ordinarily. I have often gone out and bought a quail, or some delicacy like this, and he would eat it when he had refused everything else. Gravy made with flour in it, from stewed chicken giblets, they will often eat. It requires patience on the owner's part and too much care and kindness can hardly be exercised, as they materially help and encourage the dog to pull through. Some dogs give up much easier than others, for a dog with distemper is a very sick dog, and here is where you can do them a lot of good in keeping up their courage by the attention you bestow on them. The after results of distemper are numerous and much to be dreaded, especially in cases that have not been promptly treated. Chorea is the worst of all and so frequently follows distemper.

Now, as an after medicine to build the dog up, Eberhart's Tonic Pills will work wonders. By this I mean after your dog is over distemper, yet weak and very much run down. I invariably keep my dogs on these pills for a few weeks until they are again themselves, and look and act like well dogs.

Distemper is not necessarily fatal if proper care and treatment is given, and when I have discovered it in my kennels, I do not give up and think they will die, but I go to work at the first signs and try, and expect to save them. The careful nursing and attention is highly important, and as to this, every authority on the subject will agree. The dog has to go through a regular siege and cannot be cured in a few days by any medicine, and too much medicine would be even worse than none at all - here is where the good nursing comes in. If you do this part all right and can keep the dog eating enough of the proper food to keep its strength up, and the surroundings and care are all properly looked after, the dog need not die.