Show GUARD DOGS AGAINST SMALLPOX SMA vaccinate Vac cinat on no now w popular for the house household hold pets the veterinary surgeon was macef bating a big newfoundland dog the animal was muzzled and an assistant held its head says the philadelphia record A space the size of a silver dollar was shaven clean on its back and here the virus was being applied I 1 choose this spot to work on said the surgeon because the dog cant can t scratch himself here if I 1 vaccinated him on the leg he would be apt to arri tate the wound and make it very sore the vaccination of dogs is nea he went on but it is a very good thing I 1 wonder that it was never tried before this year many valuable dogs have died from t me to time of smallpox there have indeed been cages cases where whole packs of hounds have contract ed the disease and their killing has been necessary I 1 advocate every pup a vaccination when dogs take small pox they take it badly their thew death is 13 nearly always bound to follow when they recover they are not disfigured their hair hiding the pock marks b it they so se dom recover that this act fact hardly counts tor for in ich vaccination Is the thing for valuable dogs |