The Science of Breeding 



based coinage. This is an unsportsman- 

 like attitude, which meets with emphatic 

 condemnation. 



Unless you have a large room that can 

 be heated it is better to arrange for your 

 puppies to arrive in this world of trouble 

 during the spring or early summer, but as 

 this subject is dealt with in another chapter 

 I need not enlarge upon it here. Never 

 breed from a bitch every time she comes in 

 use, or you will weaken her and produce 

 weakly puppies. At the very least you 

 should let her miss once in three. It is 

 impossible to guarantee that a bitch will 

 prove in whelp even if she has been properly 

 served, but you can do your best to obtain 

 the desired result by taking care that she is 

 in good hard condition when sent to the dog. 

 A fat bitch is far less likely to prove fruitful 

 than one on the light side. During the 

 period of gestation, too, obesity is most 

 undesirable, and when a matron shows a 



tendency to put on flesh it is wise to increase 



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