15— PUPPIES AND THEIR CARE 



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 pulse' 



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 set day per 

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 every 3Tnon+hs 



a day — a large cup of milk once and seven 

 ounces of food twice. 



Eight months to fifteen months, feed two 

 times a day — a large cup of milk with 

 toast, cereal and commercial dog food, for 

 one meal, and a generous twelve ounces of 

 food for the other meal. After fifteen 

 months, feed a drink of milk in the morn- 

 ing with light food, and a pound of food 

 in the late afternoon. 



Feeding Large-Sized Dogs 



For the large-sized breeds (maturing 31 

 to 60 pounds) the schedule to be main- 

 tained is as follows: Six weeks to four 

 months old, feed four times a day — one 

 and one-half cups of milk and light food 

 two times and eight ounces of food for 

 each of the other two. 



Four months to eight months old, feed 

 three times a day — ^two cups of milk with 

 light food once, and twelve ounces of food 

 twice. 



Eight months to fifteen months old, feed 

 two times a day — one and one-half cups of 

 milk with light food for one meal and 

 twenty ounces of food for the other meal. 

 After fifteen months, feed once a day, up 

 to two pounds of food but give a drink of 

 milk with light food in the morning. 



For breeds maturing 61 to 99 pounds, 

 increase the foregoing one half. 



For extra large breeds (100 to 200 

 pounds), such as danes, mastiffs, New- 

 foundlands, St. Bernards and Irish wolf- 

 hounds, these quantities should easily be 

 doubled. 



Stuff Puppies into Growing 



Plenty of feeding will not cause your dog 

 to be oversized, for heredity determines the 

 final size of your dog. 



It is to be repeated that a puppy to be 

 led properly should be literally stuffed with 

 food. We mean that the puppy is growing 

 and every ounce of energy and every ounce 

 of extra weight are needed so that the 

 puppy will grow properly to a healthy 

 adulthood. 



Miscellaneous Feeding Notes 



A complete change of diet usually causes 

 the dog to be laxative, but this is not a 

 serious condition. 



For a stomach tonic, light laxative, and 

 acid killer, give milk of magnesia twice 

 weekly. 



For checking diarrhea give milk of bis- 

 muth thrice daily for three days. Feed 

 cooked meat. 



A pinch of salt occasionally thrown Into 

 the food can be recommended. 



Above all, watch the diet of your dog, 

 for out of the dog's stomach comes most 

 of his good health. 



We shall always maintain that even for 

 young puppies (as early as five weeks), a 

 raw lean meat diet is excellent. 



Here are some general comments on 

 dog feeding, either under war conditions 

 or at other times. 



1. Do not believe everything you read 

 or hear about the feeding of dogs. 



2. There is no perfect diet for all dogs 

 in that individual requirements vary ac- 

 cording to the environment, exercise and 

 natural constitution of the dog. 



3. To feed a domesticated animal such 

 as the dog on the same basis as the diet 

 the dog had by choice or necessity in its 

 wild life in the woods is illogical. Feed the 

 dog according to his present life and needs. 



4. You must take your choice between 

 feeding raw or natural meat with all the 

 proteins and vitamins in full strength, or 

 cooking the meat and thereby eliminating 

 any worm condition, although the vitamin 

 (A and C) efficiency may be reduced 

 (protein values suffer little). 



5. Vitamins are not cure-alls. They have 

 been over-emphasized and exaggerated. 

 Any well-balanced meal usually contains 

 sufficient vitamins. 



6. Just because a dog likes a food and 

 eats it greedily does not mean that it is 

 the best food for him, particularly over a 

 period of time. 



7. A pressure cooker should be used more 

 frequently as it permits the cooking of 

 meat and bones so thoroly that the bones 

 can be crushed by hand pressure and the 

 entire contents fed to the dog without the 

 usual dangers from eating of bones. 



8. Digestibility — raw meat is more easily 

 digested than cooked meat. Lean meat is 

 digested more quickly than fat meat. Egg, 



