Paint; disease of dogs (9)
I believe the answer is:
distemper
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">paint</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that distemper is a more specific form of the action paint)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">disease of dogs</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for distemper that I've seen before include "Paint - disease of animals" , "Kind of paint" , "Water-based paint" , "problem with dogs" , "bad state, being old" .)