CHAPTER VIII. 



MANAGEMENT REARING PUPPIES FOOD BEDDING 

 SIMPLE AILMENTS AND DISORDERS PREPARING FOR 

 SHOW CONCLUSION. 



(OME few notes as to the management of the collie 

 dog when he is kept as a companion, or for the 

 purposes of exhibition. Those who keep him on 

 the farm and for work will require no such instructions. 

 Most likely the first collie an ordinary individual possesses 

 is a puppy he has obtained from some friend, or mayhap 

 purchased it from a dealer. If possible, it is best to rear 

 this in the country until it is six or eight months old, where 

 a plenitude of fresh air can be had, and unlimited exercise. 

 In any case it ought to have both, and from the time it is 

 weaned, say at six weeks old, from four to six meals a day. 

 Little and often being an excellent motto upon which to 

 rear puppies until they begin to grow their canine teeth, 

 which will show when the youngster is some five months or 

 so old. Gradually the meals may be lessened in number 

 until maturity is reached, when two a day are sufficient, and 

 upon which dogs thrive better than upon only one. 



