BISCUITS — BITES 



designed bench, with a hinged back to let down, if neces- 

 sary, during the day. It is admirably adapted for puppies 

 after weaning, but for adult dogs might be a little higher 

 from the ground. (See Kennels.) 



Biscuits form an ideal food for dogs, but every care 

 should be taken by owners to ensure their getting full 

 value for their money. A badly baked biscuit, and still 

 more so one that is composed of inferior materials, such 

 as low-class meat and the sweepings out of granaries 

 which have been ground up into meal, is not a proper 

 food for any dog, and its use in a kennel is unprofitable 

 in every way. On the other hand, a high-class biscuit 

 made of the best materials, and containing a guaranteed 

 percentage of sound flesh, is a most useful food, as it 

 can be given both dry and soaked, and possesses the great 

 advantage of being easily carried in an owner's pocket, 

 so that dogs can be fed on journeys or when working 

 away from home. It may be pointed out, too, that dry 

 biscuits to a very great extent supply the place of bones, 

 as if given in this form they require a good deal of gnaw- 

 ing, and thereby not merely keep the dogs occupied, but 

 promote the secretion of saliva, and thus assist digestion. 

 Reports are occasionally heard that some dogs do not Hke 

 biscuits and cannot be made to eat them, but such state- 

 ments are nothing more nor less than reflections upon 

 the strength of will of those who make them. A dog 

 can be made to eat anything by the exercise of a certain 

 amount of firmness, but he naturally will endeavour to 

 hold out for delicacies if he thinks that his owner is weak 

 enough to give him what he likes and not what is good 

 for him. (See Feeding.) 



Bites. — As everybody must be aware, bites are a very 

 common source of trouble to the owners of dogs, and the 

 successful treatment of such injuries often causes a great 

 deal of anxiety. Of course a great deal must depend upon 



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