had the dog out for a long walk and he has other hard work or 

 exercise, increase his portion slightly. Many people expect their 

 dog to run for miles after their trap and still provide him with 

 no extra food. The result is that the dog is in a continually 

 half-starved state, bolts his food, and in his weakened condition 

 ruins his digestion. It might be well to say here that it is 

 possible to go to either extreme and one is as bad as the other. 

 Neither the dog that is so fat that he can hardly waddle or the 

 dog that is famished is in true health. His ribs are a very good 

 indication of the condition that he is in and they should be just 



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visible, not noticeable. In order to secure this condition, or 

 even good health, your dog's stomach must be in perfect order 

 and the best way to keep his stomach in order is to watch care- 

 fully what goes into it. 



Table scraps, while they are not the best food in the world, 

 still they will keep a dog in good health if they are carefully at- 

 tended to. Nine out of ten of the dogs that are kept in the city 

 are used as a sort of vulture to clean up what is left on the plates 

 after each meal, a system that is convenient if not productive 

 to the best health of the dog. In all the big kennels of the 



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