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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



cases by keeping a goat or two on the 

 premises. Many breeders have obtained a 

 goat with the sole object of rearing a litter 

 of puppies on her milk, and have eventu- 

 ally discarded cow's milk altogether, using 

 goat's milk for household purposes instead. 

 As soon as the puppies will lap they should 

 be induced to take arrowroot prepared 

 with milk. Oatmeal and maizemeal, about 

 one quarter of the latter to three quarters 

 of the former, make a good food for puppies. 

 Dog biscuits and the various hound meals, 

 soaked in good broth, may be used with 

 advantage, but I do not believe any dogs, 

 especially Mastiffs, can be kept in con- 

 dition for any length of time without a 

 fair proportion of meat of some kind. 

 Sheeps' paunches, cleaned and well boiled, 

 mixed with sweet stale bread, previously 

 soaked in cold water, makes an excellent 

 food and can hardly be excelled as a staple 

 diet. In feeding on horseflesh care should 

 be taken to ascertain that the horse was 

 not diseased, especially if any is given 

 uncooked. 



Worms are a constant source of trouble 

 from the earliest days of puppy-hood, and 



no puppy suffering from them will thrive ; 

 every effort, therefore, should be made to 

 get rid of them. It has been asserted that 

 the use of goat's milk is a preventative 

 against worms, but I am afraid that very 

 little reliance can be placed on this state- 

 ment. 



Constantly physicking puppies or grown 

 dogs is a mistake made by many Mastiff 

 owners, and still more so by their kennel- 

 men. With proper feeding, grooming, ex- 

 ercise, and cleanliness, Mastiffs can be kept 

 in good condition without resort to medicine, 

 the use of which should be strictly pro- 

 hibited unless there is real need for it. 

 Mastiffs kept under such conditions are 

 far more likely to prove successful stud 

 dogs and brood bitches than those to which 

 deleterious drugs are constantly being given. 

 Although, as I have said, puppies should 

 not be tied up, they should be accustomed 

 to a collar and to be led when young. A 

 dog is far less likely to be nervous in the 

 show ring if he has been led about when 

 young than one who has a collar and chain 

 on for the first time only a few hours before 

 he is sent off to some exhibition. 



CH. ARCHIE OF HASLEMERE and CH. CZAAR PETER by ch. marksman — lyndhurst rose. 



THE PROPERTY OF ROBERT LEADBETTER, ESQ.. M.F.H. 

 Photograph by Findlottl &■ Co., High Wycombe. 



