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8 Nursing vs. Dosing. 



When the puppies are a few days old, if 

 you have a convenient place, their box 

 should be placed on the ground in a warm, 

 well ventilated and dry situation, and one 

 of the ends should be knocked out. If in 

 warm weather, an open shed will be the 

 very best place for them ; but if too cold for 

 this, a box stall, with two or three inches of 

 sand or soil spread on the floor, will answer 

 very well, if you will keep it clean and free 

 from filth by removing the places that be- 

 come foul, and sprinkling fresh sand on the 

 surface occasionally. With this treatment 

 the young family will be almost sure to en- 

 joy perfect health, although they may oc- 

 casionally show a rough or dirty coat. 



With the exception perhaps of an occa- 

 sional attack of indigestion, there is abso- 

 lutely no ailment that is common to nursing 

 puppies, and even this will very rarely 

 trouble them if the rules here laid down 

 are strictly followed. If, however, it should 

 manifest itself, lime water, given freely to 



