DISTEMPER IN DOGS.

Shannon News, 7 April 1925, Page 1

DISTEMPER IN DOGS.

NO ’MEDICINE REQUIRED. KEEPING UP HIS STRENGTH. Under proper treatment, distemper is rarely fatal to a dog. Medicine of; ahy kind should be avoided. Many a dog is lost through being dosed with drugs that upset its digestion and put it off its food. As sooniias distemper is suspected, the dog should be isoJhled. The first essential is that throughout the illness the patient should be kept warm and in an evten temperature. Feeding is important. The dog’s strength must be maintained by sufficient nourishing food. Like all invalids, the dog with distemper may lose his appetite and need tempting with something dainty. What it eats is less important than it should eat something—milk, fish, raw or cooked scraps of meat, etc. —and a dog that rejects other food can often be tempted with a morsel of fish. Food should be offered at the usual meal times. If it is not eaten, it should be removed. The patient may be allowed to drink whenever it likes, and a supply of fresh water should always be within reach. Relapses are not infrequent, and for a month after the disappearance of the symptoms the dog should be treated with all the care due to a convalescent.