Rearing. 469 



Bitches in pop should have at all times access to clean water, as some 

 are, when in thai condition, unusually thirsty. 



Many suffer from sickness when in pnp, and these should hare a wine- 

 fhsrfnl of Kme water in sweet mflk two or tbzwIfM ftday. The food 

 for the last four or five days should be sloppy but nutritions, such as 

 broth thickened with stale bread or biscuit and a little cooked meat. 



Where a number of dogs are kepi, the bitch in whelp should be 

 separated from the rest for the last week, as she then become* restless, 

 and is anxious, looking out for a place she HIP*'" which to deposit 

 her young. 



Selection, of Place for Pupping. This should be prepared for the bitch, 

 for if left to herself she wffl choose some ont^of-the-way inaccessible 

 hole or corner where she cannot be approached or assistance given to her 

 should it be required, or the pupa about which the owner is sure to be 



Let it be in a sheltered place, under corer of course, with a board in 

 front, not so high that she wffl hare to jump orer it and possibly strain 

 herself , but simply enongn to add to the retirement of the nest and to 

 keep the bedding from being dragged out. It should be on a board floor, 

 and soft fresh hay is the best bedding. Let there be plenty of room, and 

 the situation such that there is perfectly free access and unencumbered 

 action for owner or attendant should it be necessary to interfere. Where 

 one dog only is kept, and a wooden kennel provided, it should be of the 

 pattern I recommended in The Country some years ago, and which I 

 shall describe further on ; a kennel of the ordinary kind is the very worst 

 place a bitch can pup in, as she is sure to get to the far end, and neither 

 she aor pups can be examined without forcibly dragging them out. 



Parturition. Healthy bitches in fair condition very rarely 

 help or interference, and, in fact, the more they are left to 

 and the quieter they are kept the better. 



In rery difficult and protracted cases which JA!MM* g iifmil, IllHllil 

 of liquor ergoto, a fluid preparation of ergot of rye, administered in 

 little water every half hour, is often of great serriee in accelerating the 

 births, the dose for a dog 60Ib. to lOOIb. being thirty drops. If the 



brandy in a little 



gruel may be grren. In wrong presentations and eases of deformity it 

 is always best to seek the assistance of a qualified veterinary 



