FEEDING THE DOG 



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Dog Biscuit 



Dog biscuit has been the traditional 

 manufactured food for dogs ; it was origi- 

 nated in England about 1870, at first being 

 the hardtack or biscuit which remained 

 after a sea journey. 



The use of the term biscuit is based 

 upon the large proportion of flour and 

 other cereals. A better term is dry food. 



A biscuit is \isually the large size. The 

 broken-up size is called kibble biscuit. 

 The only difference of course is in the 

 size. Puppy size usually is granulated. 

 Cubes are pieces about one-half -inch 

 square and deep. Meal is pulverized or 

 mealy. 



Various elements go into the making of 

 commercial dog biscuits by the baking pro- 

 cess. 



Dog biscuits are best fed with meat and 

 cooked vegetables. 



A biscuit a day will keep yellow teeth 

 away. Biscuit is an excellent teeth 

 cleaner for dogs. 



Damp and stale biscuit are unwholesome ; 

 a short heating in the oven should be 

 given damp biscuit. 



Where there are many dogs to be fed, 

 the use of biscuit reduces the food bill 

 greatly. It can be mixed with vegetables, 

 with canned dog food, with fresh meat, 

 and cooked together for an appetizing 

 healthful dish. 



"My dog won't eat dog biscuit," com- 

 iplains almost every dog owner. The dog 

 is a wise being ; he soon learns how tender 

 is his owner's heart. He will delay, he will 

 wait, he will not notice the biscuit and 

 too often his wile succeeds — he receives 

 fresh, juicy meat. In these cases, have 

 no mercy on your dog ; let him play his 

 waiting game. You will do a favor to his 

 good health by letting him become hungry ; 

 then he will eat the biscuit with relish 

 and with benefit. 



Dry Food Formula 



Frequent inquiries come to us for a for- 

 mula for preparing biscuit or dried food 

 "at home." We usually reply that it is 

 inadvisable to attempt a homemade for- 

 mula, inasmuch as commercially manufac- 

 tured foods can be obtained at economical 

 prices, cost less than homemada food.:, are 

 prepared usually under more sanitar/ con- 

 ditions, and have more probability of con- 

 stituting a balanced diet with the required 

 vitamins and minerals, enzymes or fer- 

 ments, amino and lactic acids. 



The first dog biscuits ware made solely 

 of wheat flour with or without salt ; later 

 they consisted of wheat flour plus refuse 

 meat. Today practically all biscuit food 

 contains sound flesh obtained from healthy 

 animals. 



A biscuit food containing waste flesh 

 tissues or cracklings is not to be recom- 

 mended. Cracklings (or tallow residue) 

 consist of what's left over after boiling and 

 rendering into fat the muscle fiberii, 

 gristle, cartilage and skin fragments, 

 usually from animals that have died from 

 disease. 



A well-known and nutritious biscuit food 

 has the following constituents (we quote 

 word for word from the sales circular^ : 



"Stripped of all vague or mysterious ter- 

 minology, we present in everyday language 

 the common English names of the in- 

 gredients used: 



"Meat and Bone Scraps, Wheaties, 

 Cereal, Oatmeal, Soybean Oil Meal, Fish 

 Meal, Yellow Com Meal, Dried Skimmed 

 Milk, Dried Buttermilk, Barley Malt, Liver 

 Meal, Blood Flour, Alfalfa Meal, Wheat 

 Bran, Dried Beet Pulp, Wheat Germ, 2% 

 Limestone, %% Salt, Cod Liver Oil 

 Concentrate." 



Cod Liver Oil 



Cod liver oil is a well established (part 

 of the dog's diet. It can be given to pup- 

 pies at an early age, let us say at two 

 months. It can be fed in the food or by 

 spoon in liquid form, altho now it is 

 available in capsules and powder. 



It can be fed thru pupipyhood and the 

 growing age and on thru adulthood. It 

 furnishes bone growth, tends to lessen the 

 liability toward rickets, and in general, 

 serves to aid in building up stamina. 



Most dogrs eat it greedily. Of course, 

 too much of it can be given. It can be 

 omitted every third day. 



Cod liver oil is obtained from the liver 

 of the cod fish. Crustaceans eat seawood. 

 which in turn contains iodine and "stored 

 sunshine." The codfish eats the crusta- 

 ceans. The surplusage seems to center 

 about the liver and consequently the oil 

 is obtained from, the liver of the cod. 



Charcoal Absorbs Gases 



Charcoal is desirable, not to sweeten the 

 stomach as is said but to absorb gases. 

 Charcoal acts only mechanically ; it is not 

 digested but passes out of the bowels in- 

 tact. Charcoat is gas thirsty; it deodorizes 

 by absorbing gases. In the stomach and 

 especially in the intestines, charcoal ab- 

 sorbs gases caused by fermentation, 

 especially carbon dioxide. 



Peed it once weekly, not in drinking 

 water, but in the food in small lumps, or 

 in ipowder. It is to be recommended as an 

 aid _ in lessening flatulence, dyspepsia or 

 indigestion, diarrhea and its opposite, con- 

 stipation. Feed it just as soon as 

 looseness of bowels indicates later 

 diarrhea. 



Articles Not Beneficial 



Fermented or sour bread should not be 

 fed. Stale and dried bread, especially whole 

 wheat bread, made crisp in the oven is 

 to be fed. 



At no time should the following foods 

 be fed to a dog — sweets, puddings, fish 

 bones, chicken bones, rabbit bones, pastry, 

 candy and chocolate. 



PVied meat, smoked meat, spiced or 

 heavily seasoned meat should not be fed. 



Polished rice is injurious. Potatoes 

 should be fed sparingly and eating them 

 constantly may produce eczema. Dogs 

 affected with eczema or other skin diseases 

 should eat decreased amounts of starchy 

 food. 



Avoiding Poisoned Food 



The eating of poisoned food is always a 

 danger to be feared. The dog poisoner, 

 having a body like as you and I but a 

 soul as foul as a rotted cabbage, is abroad 

 when least expected. 



Feeding the dog always at the same 

 time, at the same spot, and out of the 



