. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE DOG FAMILYâDOG. 213 â deceitfully amiable, or growls at his master, shows an unusual drowsiness and melancholy, constantly looks for warm places, often slinks to his food, but does not eat, drinks water greedily, but in small quantities, and generally behaves in a restless, dis- turbed manner. Unmistakable signs are also a change in his voice, the bark becoming a hoarse howl, loss of appetite, inability to swallow, flow of saliva, a bleared look; he make
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE DOG FAMILYâDOG. 213 â deceitfully amiable, or growls at his master, shows an unusual drowsiness and melancholy, constantly looks for warm places, often slinks to his food, but does not eat, drinks water greedily, but in small quantities, and generally behaves in a restless, dis- turbed manner. Unmistakable signs are also a change in his voice, the bark becoming a hoarse howl, loss of appetite, inability to swallow, flow of saliva, a bleared look; he makes frequent trips out side the house, licks and swallows strange objects, and, as the disease advances, snaps and bites with- out cause. In the later stages constipation sets in, the ears droop, the tail hangs down, the eye has a dull and squinting look. Then the eye becomes red and inflamed. The Dog ceases to be susceptible to caresses, pays no attention to his master's command, becomes more and more restless and shy ; his look is rigid or fiery, the head droops, the eyes and cheeks swell, the tongue becomes very red and hangs out of the mouth, from the sides of which viscid saliva runs down. Soon the animal only growls without barking, and ceases to recognize any people, even his master. He pants for a drink, but cannot swallow ; the water chokes him and the muscles of the gullet contract convulsively. Then a dread of water and all other fluids begins. He â ceases to lie down, but slinks around with drooping â tail and squinting eye. After this stage the :fer malady develops into a r^~^_' quiet or a raging variety. L'^-tSank. .,' -â In the former the eyes Sill are inflamed, but rigid -Xfil^MM^Pi .and blear; the tongue jf | becomes bluish and hangs out. White foam covers the corners of the mouth, which is always open; the lower jaw be- comes paralyzed and droops. With his tail be- tween his legs and with deep sunken head the Dog runs for miles, stag- gering and shivering,
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