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not be allowed to get too heavy in flesh, nor yet kept too 

 thin; a medium between the two should be maintained. 

 Remove the dew-claws on puppies when one week old, pull- 

 ing them off with pincers; it will be unattended with pain. 

 Allow the puppies to remain with the bitch as long as 

 her condition warrants it. Should you desire to train or 

 show the bitch after whelping, provide a foster-mother 



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for the puppies, and gradually relieve her until all 

 transferred. 



After weaning, the puppies should be fed three or four 

 times a day (not less), and should be given bones to gnaw. 

 If there be not plenty of limestone in the water used, a 

 little phosphate of lime sprinkled on their food once a day 

 will strengthen and enlarge their bones, thereby preventing 

 standing over, or springing of the knees, so common in 

 young Greyhounds. 



