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mother is taken away for an hour or so before 

 the milk is offered. Gradually lengthen her 

 absence from day to day until she only spends 

 the night with her children, and the weaning 

 will be accomplished without pain to any one. 

 After the first week we add a little lime-water 

 to the milk, and then gradually introduce oat- 

 meal which has been thoroughly boiled; then a 

 little cornmeal, also well boiled. Large bones, 

 with hardly a suspicion of meat on them, keep 

 the babies amused, and help them to cut their 

 teeth. Chicken-broth, with a little of the meat 

 chopped, and some whole wheat bread crum- 

 bled or mixed with it, is a good dinner when 

 they have learned to eat. 



Accomplish house-breaking as early in life 

 as possible. A good rule with small dogs, who 

 live in the house, is never to leave a puppy 

 alone in a room, because one mistake encour- 

 ages repetition. Exert a diligent watchful- 

 ness at first. When a puppy commences to 

 fidget and sniff about, pick it up and put it 



outside, or in a box containing sawdust. Pa- 



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