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If they are very weak they will have to be 

 assisted to suckle do not delay attention in this 

 case. Be sure the box the bitch whelped in is 

 large enough for her to turn around in, and do 

 not use any material in the nest that the pups 

 can get entangled with. My advice to breeders 

 is, if the bitch is fully formed and grown to her 

 full proportions, to breed the first time she comes 

 in season. She will have an easier time whelp- 

 ing than when she is older. If delicate or im- 

 mature, delay breeding till the next time. Do 

 not use a dog in the stud until he is a year and 

 a half old for best results; they will, of course, 

 sire pups at a year or younger, but better wait. 

 To those people who live in the city, or where 

 a kennel can not be established for want of ade- 

 quate room to give the dogs the necessary exer- 

 cise, an excellent plan to follow is one adopted 

 by an acquaintance of mine, and followed by 

 him for a number of years with a good measure 

 of success. He owns one or two good stud 

 dogs that he keeps at his home, and he has put 

 out on different farms, within a radius of ten 

 miles of Boston, one bitch at each place, and 

 pays the farmer (who is only too glad to have 

 this source of income at the outlay of so little 

 trouble and expense) one hundred dollars for 

 each litter of pups the bitch has, the farmer to 

 deliver the pups when required, usually when 



