FEET — FENCING 



Scraps from the table, consisting of a little meat minced 

 up with green vegetables and bread crumbs, will form an 

 excellent dinner for the most delicate of toys, whilst a few 

 of Spratt's ^' Ovals " — a form of biscuit specially prepared 

 for the smaller breeds — either given dry or soaked in 

 malt milk cannot be surpassed for the other meals of 

 the day. 



In the case of most healthy dogs two meals a day is 

 amply sufficient to keep them in health — in fact, many 

 animals thrive better upon only one, but toys and invalids 

 demand more. As regards quantity, it must be remembered 

 that some dogs require more food than others, whilst there 

 are greedy creatures which will always be ready to devour 

 more than is good for them. The owner will therefore 

 have to regulate the allowance made to each dog by what 

 he sees is best for it ; but it may be added that when two 

 meals a day are provided, the morning one should be light 

 and the evening one the larger. (See Biscuits^ Bones, Prepar- 

 ing for Show, Puppies, Shy Feeders ^ Training Greyhounds.) 



Feet. — The feet of a dog are an important point about 

 him if he is expected to be active, as a weakness in this 

 region naturally incapacitates him from getting about. A 

 splay, open foot with thin soles and flat knuckles is 

 usually a weak one ; a compact one with well-developed 

 knuckles and a thick sole is always the reverse. If dogs 

 are expected to work on stony ground a thick sole is 

 indispensable, and if there is hair between the toes, the foot 

 will be all the better able to stand the strain. (See Cat- foot. 

 Hare-foot^ 



Fencing. — The fencing which encloses the exercising 

 yard of a kennel should always be high enough to keep the 

 dogs in ; six feet being quite low enough for the larger 

 breeds. The top should be rounded off in order to prevent 

 a dog wounding himself if he succeeds in getting his feet 

 on it, and if there is a sheet of corrugated iron laid 



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