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will lap milk or soup. The former should al- 

 ways be boiled, thinned with water, and a little 

 sugar added. Later bread crumbs and well- 

 boiled meat may also be added. They should 

 be given a simple remedy for worms (see rem- 

 edy in chapter on Diseases and Remedies) at 

 five or six weeks of age. Pups, no matter how 

 they are raised, are troubled with these pests 

 of puppyhood. 



Puppies kept clean and dry more frequently 

 escape the terrible ravages of distemper than 

 others. Feed them three or four times a day 

 until six months of age, then once daily, prefer- 

 ably at night, will suffice. Avoid giving medi- 

 cine as much as possible. More hounds die 

 from improper and excessive uses of medicines 

 than from want of it. Give them access to 

 grassland and they will find their own remedies. 



Never attempt to raise hound pups in a ken- 

 nel ; a kennel-raised pup is absolutely worthless; 

 Adopt the English custom of farming them out, 

 or, as they express it, put them " out to walk." 

 Unless the person taking them has had experi- 

 ence in raising pups, it is safest to give them 

 written instructions, especally as to feed, ver- 

 min, worms, and distemper. 



