REARING PUPPIES. 97 



/hg or diminishing the quantity it will always keep them just 

 right. We frequently boil meat and use the broth for mak- 

 ing their mush, and if their condition is not just to suit we 

 give them an occassional meal of well cooked meat, and 

 when their teeth begin to trouble them, we give them plenty 

 of large bones, with a little meat on them, and never, under 

 any circumstances for their ordinary ailments do we give 

 them a single dose of medicine, and, above all else, we never 

 worry our minds with thoughts or fears that they will not 

 live. 



We invite an expression of opinion upon this subject, and 

 would like to see the question fully discussed in our columns, 

 for, among the many trials and drawbacks encountered by 

 breeders, none is more disheartening than to see the light 

 fade from the eyes of their pets, as one by one they meet 

 their untimely fate. 



