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favour over trusting to the chapter of accidents puppies 

 are open to when in the hands of those who may be well 

 disposed, but have no real knowledge of dogs, and fail to 

 detect when they are going amiss before disease has made 

 serious inroads. 



If at walk the puppy has unlimited liberty which in 

 itself is a good thing, but is not without attendant 

 disadvantages injuries are more likely to be received, 

 objectionable things are likely to be picked up and eaten, 

 and, unless care is taken, bad habits contracted that are 

 not always easy to eradicate. 



If the puppies are, for the most part, kept in kennel, 

 the yard or, rather, it should be called the playground 

 ought to be of considerable size, and some contrivance 

 representing miniature hurdles placed across their running 

 ground, so as to compel them, in their romps and chases, 

 to scramble over, and, as they get bigger, to jump, so that 

 the various muscles may be brought into play, which they 

 are not when exercise is confined to the flat. 



The kennels ought to be built with a south aspect, and 

 the dormitories should be warm but well ventilated. Abso- 

 lute cleanliness is an essential to health and growth. It 

 is common to have pointed out, that animals that have been 

 reared amidst dirt, and regardless of all hygienic laws, 

 have grown up strong ; but the existence of those who have 

 come well through such an ordeal does not disprove the 

 general law, and those who point to such cases should in fair- 

 ness also consider the large proportion that have succumbed 

 to unsanitary influences, or grown up weak and puny. 



In respect to the diet of growing puppies, I consider 

 it a mistake to feed so much as is usually done on soft, 



