The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19

suffering from these pests When puppies
 are badly infested they lose flesh and do
 not eat, their stomachs being distended. and they then become subject to fits.
 which usuall end fatally. Fits are very
 often caused by administering vermifuge. because the medicine disturbs the worms
 This. of course, makes it dangerous to give any worm medicine of any kind to puppies, and therefore it is far better to adopt the preventive method, for in these cases prevention is certainly better than cure.
 Begin on the dam as soon as you think the time is coming for her to be in use. Feed her on nothing but lean meat for couple of days and the day before you intend to dose her give her small feed of meat early in the morning and in stead of her evening meal, a full dose of olive or salad oil. The next day give the worm cure as directed. When the pups are nearly due, see to the fleas on the bitch; wash her with warm water and a good carboic soap. Then take a finc comb and remove all the fleas as some may have life in them still And before the pups are born and every day until 1 they are weaned wash the bitch's belly with warm water and some disinfecting l liquid and dry well afterward Never try to worm bitch when in whelp as it will | prove fatal to her progeny prematurely 1 Keep the fleas down on the pups by using 1 an insect powder Remember fleas are worm medium, and wage war against 1 them accordingly.
 l At or weeks old you can begin l on the pups. Take the bitch away for a j night and early next morning give each ! pup a capsule, and in an hour a little 1 warm milk to drink and keep the dam ! away till the medicine has worked; you will probably be surprised at the result | In fortnight dose again. This second l C1n rf | worms for a bit; anyway, it will be time 1 enough to give another dose in three l weeks time, when repeat tho capsule { By this time the pups will be about 31a l months old, and, except in obstinate case or two should not require further dosing till they are months old Of 1 course, at 6 months the pups can stand | a longer fasting before treatment In all 1 cases prevention is better than cure and l the pups, after the first dosing have been kept perfectly free from worms by 1 giving occasional doses.
 [ Probab bly, no trouble is a source of great i CT anonyance and inconvenience to dog 1 owners than the trouble induced by the presence of tapeworms. The tapeWorm is more troublesome during the hot weather. l and this is because 1t is propagated by | means of skin vermin, and these are l more abundant during the hot spell Two | segments of tapeworm will reproduce many thousands of eggs, and some of | these eggs find their way into the fur of | the dogs skin, and are devoured by para 1 sites which are then swallowed by the I dog, and contain in themselves the de- 1 voured egg in the form of a cyst This | frees itself and making host of the | membrane of the dog s stomach, begins to
 develop tapeworm. This explains how l it is that dogs kept away from other dogs as household pets so freuently suf- l fer from tapeworm. A para site-either a | flea or louse-has travelled from a dog | suffering from tapeworm to a dog not
 l suffering, and in this way has introduced 1 the plague.
 l One of the safest remedies for the tape worm is pumpkin seeds steeped for two | or three hours in just enough water to cover and given emulsion. Not 1 only is this safe, but it is also consid- l cred one of the most reliable remedies in | use.
 :! The hookworm, the latest member of the worm family to introduce itself to thN ] dog, is tough customer to handle In size. it varies from one-half to an inch l in length. In diameter it is not much larger than the size of hair taken from horses tail. It buries itself on the in- l side of the intestines and sucks the life l blood from the animal or human which :, it attacks. The history of this parasite is l interesting, and most dogs have more or less of them. especially in the south. We | would advise that all owners of dogs se- l cure good literature from some standard l remedy company and read up on worm 1 dope" l have found the remedies made l by the Common Sense Medicine Co.,. 14-f6 | Church street. New York, as very effec- 1 tive in all my treatments. These remedies 1 can also be procured from druggists