be starved into eating wholesome food, as their 

 diet had consisted of hard-boiled eggs, chicken, 

 cream, and sponge cake. Can any reasonable 

 being imagine any self-respecting fox-terrier 

 submitting to being clothed, shod, and fed on 

 such food? 



I have always regretted that we did not have 

 photographs taken on arrival and six months 

 later; they would have been such convincing 

 proofs of the value of proper food and exer- 

 cise; for within that time the overfed bodies 

 became symmetrical, dull listlessness gave 

 place to alert activity, silky hair scattered to 

 the four winds of heaven, and the wiry coat 

 which Beaker and Babber's ancestors entitled 

 them to gradually asserted itself, making us 

 as proud of our small doggies as we were of 

 our large ones. 



I have described the condition of these two 

 dogs and their subsequent return to normal 

 conditions simply to warn the solicitous against 

 overfeeding and pampering, which is quite as 

 cruel as neglect. Large dogs, and the terrier 



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