ioo Modern Dogs. 



" With regard to rearing puppies, the most ticklish 

 time for them is during whelping, and up to ten days 

 old. A practice I adopt is to have a hamper ready, 

 with clean, soft straw in the bottom, and as each 

 puppy is whelped it is placed in this hamper in front 

 of a fire, always leaving one with the bitch, but 

 before removing into the hamper it is always put to 

 suck. By this means the whole lot are kept dry and 

 warm, and the bitch is not hampered with a heap of 

 whining puppies round her. For seven to ten 

 days they are thus kept in hampers, being put to 

 the bitch every hour, night and day. It is rarely by 

 doing this (which of course means trouble) that a 

 puppy is lost, and they thrive well. If left to take 

 their chance some die from cold, others are laid on 

 and killed. For many years I have carried out the 

 above plan with great success. At the end of a 

 month they should be fed with milk, with sugar and 

 water added. At six weeks 1 feed them on raw 

 paunches cut up small, and they rarely get any- 

 thing else for the remainder of their existence in my 

 kennels. I believe in raw meat for dogs, it is their 

 natural food, and it will never harm them or make 

 them savage." 



The Newfoundland Club, established in 1886, 

 is a representative body, of which Mr. H. R. 

 Farquharson, M.P., is president, and Mr. E. 



