PUPPIES 101 



and campfire it might have been a case of cold or 

 pneumonia for both of them. Again, setter pups 

 will jump into the water at any time of the year 

 and get thoroughly chilled. Fearlessness of water 

 is in their blood from their spaniel ancestry, and 

 you must watch out for cases of cold or pneumonia 

 from that cause. An old coat thrown over a shiv- 

 ering pup and his little body set near a fire will 

 save much trouble. Never let him shiver himself 

 dry, as is sometimes done with a grown dog. 



At four to eight months your pups will need two 

 walks a day. Even a turn around the block will 

 give them several miles of run, and a walk to the 

 fields out of town and back before breakfast will 

 mean ten miles of exercise to them. Then, as 

 pups, they must be kept locked up or tied up all 

 day, for even a ten-months ' pup will run away — all 

 the world is his friend ! It is better to keep them 

 close until they get their growth and know who 

 are their own people. A yard, even six by ten 

 feet, with a six-foot chicken-wire top, will give 

 them lots of room to run about. Two pups will 

 then keep themselves in fine trim by playing and 

 quarrelling all day when not asleep in the sun. 

 Tied up by a rope, they will wind themselves up in 

 no time; the only substitute for a yard is a tight 

 rope stretched between two posts about fifty feet 



