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clean kennels, plenty of exercise, and on their being prop- 

 erly fed. After trying different methods of feeding, I pro- 

 nounce the following the best: Raw meat is excluded. 

 Mutton and beef scraps, onions and beets, and seasoning 

 of salt, are boiled until the meat falls off the bones; this is 

 mixed with oatmeal, corn-meal, or rice-mush, bread, or 

 mashed potatoes. When fed warm to the dogs it makes 

 the best meal, and is very much relished by them; but do 

 not give the same thing day after day. One day mix the 

 broth and meat with bread; the next day with oatmeal, 

 and so on. By so doing you will not see your dogs' appe- 

 tites fail, and they will always be in first-class condition- 

 ready for the bench show at any day of the year. Boiled 

 liver will do about once a week, as it acts as a laxative. 

 Pork, given occasionally, is all right; if given too often it 

 will produce mange. Feed your dogs twice a day; once in 

 the morning, and the second meal just before dark, as they 

 will then be much quieter during the night. 



Don't allow any dishes with remnants of a meal to stand 

 around your kennel-yards; wash the dishes as soon as the 

 meal is over. Your kennels and kitchen must be in such 

 condition at all hours of the day that you need not be 

 embarrassed to show a lady through them. Give from 

 three to four times a day a good supply of fresh water. 

 Buttermilk once or twice a week is recommended. 



I am opposed to chaining dogs, especially Dachshunds, 

 which, thus kept, will be too savage and musical. 



When a bitch is due to whelp, you will notice, as a gen- 

 eral rule, that she favors a certain place; and I always let 

 her use her own judgment in selecting her bed, for she will 

 then feel more contented. She will most always prefer to 

 whelp on the bare ground; and let it be your care that she 

 is not molested by other dogs. Of course this does not 

 apply to winter, when she must be kept in a heated room. 



A litter of puppies will afford you much pleasure as 

 lively as crickets, chasing and frolicking all day long; their 

 odd shape and intelligent ways will make them favorites 

 with all. When six weeks old, I begin to feed them milk 



