Symptoms: Increased frequency of passing water, and straining after emptying bladder, when a few drops of blood are often passed. Big dogs are more subject to the disease than small ones.
Treatment: Do not take the dog for long walks; feed principally on milk, with biscuits, bread, toast, rice, etc. Fish may also be given, but avoid meat. Give aperient medicine, castor oil is the best, also tonic medicine, as the following pills:—
Recipe:
| Powdered Nux Vomica, | 1 to 6 grains.[1] |
| Reduced Iron, | 12 to 30 grains. |
| Extract Gentian, q.s. | |
| Mix. | |
Divide into 12 pills—one to be given twice a day after food.
Pruritus Ani (Inflammation of Skin about Anus):
Symptoms: The skin around anus is red and inflamed, and very irritable; the dog draws himself along the ground on the back parts, and is also frequently trying to lick himself.
This condition is often associated with a swollen and congested state of the anal glands.
Treatment: Try the ointment recommended for external piles, or bathe parts with following lotion—