BKEEDING 25 



A word is necessary as to the feeding of the 

 nursing mother. Plenty of fresh water should be 

 available at the time of whelping, and if labour 

 is prolonged she may be given nourishment from 

 time to time in the shape of milk, or milk thickened 

 with bread. For the first two or three days she 

 should have three or four meals of a sloppy nature, 

 consisting either of bread or rice and milk, or broth 

 from which the fat has been carefully removed. After 

 this the meals may be of a more solid nature, such 

 as cooked meat in its own liquid thickened with bread 

 or biscuit. After the third day the mother should be 

 removed from the puppies several times daily and 

 given very gentle exercise in spite of her manifest 

 anxiety to return to the kennel. 



