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the sixth week the diet may consist of one 

 meal of plain milk, another of broth, and 

 either of these liquids thickened with stale 

 bread well soaked and broken up, well- 

 cooked rice, broken puppy biscuits thoroughly 

 softened, or finely shredded meat. The addi- 

 tion of a little green stuff to the broth is 

 to be recommended. For big puppies, in 

 whom size is a desideratum, a good quantity 

 of meat is, in my opinion, absolutely 

 necessary, although I read a letter recently 

 from a hunting man who objected to this 

 theory on the ground that meat-fed puppies 

 succumb more easily to distemper. I do not 

 think that the views of this gentleman 

 would be endorsed by experienced breeders 

 who aim at getting size and bone. 



Remember that little and often is the 

 precept always drilled into the beginner, 

 and do not account me a faddist if I assert 

 that up to the tenth week it is wisest to give 

 six meals a day. A puppy cannot with 

 advantage take much at a time, and on no 



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