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as high up as possible, and cutting off the free 

 portion. 



The bitch, when she has finished pupping, 

 requires little attention beyond a change of bed 

 and a fair supply of nutritive food. She does 

 best when least noticed ; but it is well to see 

 that she takes sufficient exercise. On the 

 following day she should be taken out two or 

 three times for a few minutes to relieve herself, 

 and every day after that she ought to be about 

 pretty much as before. Some bitches, however, 

 are such devoted mothers as to sacrifice health, 

 and occasionally life itself, to enjoy the pleasure 

 of being with their young ones. This excess of 

 affection must be controlled, for, if not checked, 

 it will seriously injure both parent and offspring. 

 All animals, however, are not thus distinguished. 

 Some bitches cannot be induced to suckle the 

 pups they have given birth to ; and others, 

 though less frequently, will eat their progeny. 

 The disposition to desert or destroy their young 

 seems to prevail among the parentage of this 

 world. In the female of the dog the maternal 

 instinct is most powerful, but under certain con- 

 ditions of the animal's body the natural impulse 

 seems to be perverted, and she takes the life she 

 would else have perished to preserve. 



Some persons entertain a notion that the bitch 

 which has once devoured her litter will ever after 

 retain the disposition. This is a false idea. On 

 the next occasion, if properly treated — that is, if 

 not persecuted, chastised, alarmed, and annoyed, 

 but properly dieted — she may prove, and most 



