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amount of solid food gradually increased till at 

 a year old they are fed the same as their older 

 kennel companions. The more room puppies 

 have, the better they are. This is probably the 

 reason that puppies farmed out always do so 

 much better than those kennel raised. They may 

 get all sorts of food and they certainly do not 

 get the attention given the ones in the kennels, 

 but a farm raised youngster is always healthier, 

 bigger, and stronger. 



Sunlight acts on puppies as it does on growing 

 plants. Winter pups are proverbially more 

 troublesome than those born in the spring. 

 Most fanciers, therefore, see to it that their brood 

 bitches whelp only in the spring. One litter a 

 year is enough to ask of any terrier. 



In conclusion, a word to the small kennel 

 owner. He is apt to think things are unfairly 

 distributed and that he has not the chance either 

 in the show ring, the field, or the breeding kennel 

 that the large owner has. In the latter two, and 

 especially in the breeding kennel, he really has an 

 advantage. It is well known that the greatest 

 number of good dogs are bred by owners of from 

 one to five bitches, for they study their needs 

 more carefully and can give the puppies better at- 

 tention. Let the small breeder but study his 

 breed; know its past great dogs; understand the 



