IV 

 FEEDING AND REARING 



SUPPOSING you have started by buying a 

 puppy, if you would rear him well you must 

 be prepared to go to some trouble in the 

 matter. I once sold a couple of puppies for 

 a comparatively small figure, whose owners 

 went to considerable pains over them. The 

 result was that both were beautifully reared, 

 and one changed hands at 100 when he 

 was about a year old, and the other, becom- 

 ing a champion, was fairly valued at a good 

 deal more. If they had been neglected in 

 puppy hood they would not have been worth 

 more shillings than they were pounds in 

 actuality. Time after time has the value of 

 good rearing been impressed upon me by 



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