574 BRITISH DOGS 



cleanliness, and freedom from any offensive smell of breath or 

 skin. 



Many ladies, by lavishing mistaken kindness on their Pugs, do 

 them serious harm. Over-feeding, feeding too often, and on too 

 rich diet, together with insufficient exercise, cause obesity, with a 

 host of evils in its train asthma among others which make the 

 dog's life a burden to itself, and a cause of discomfort to the owner. 

 Nothing does so well for house-dogs as plain biscuits, dry bread, 

 varied with a few scraps of lean meat from the stock-pot, a little 

 gravy, and boiled green vegetables such as cabbage, turnips, and 

 carrots and occasionally large rough bones to gnaw and play with, 

 but smaller ones to crunch and eat very rarely. A little fish, too, 

 makes a change of diet, and this is desirable in feeding any pet. 



