12 KENNEL SECRETS. 



But supposing that this same man besides allowing his 

 dogs their short morning and evening romps took them 

 out every day for a sharp walk of half an hour. Then he 

 could properly give them about one-fourth meat. 



Assuming again that he is less devoted to busi- 

 ness, has much leisure and contemplates working his 

 dogs, and besides their short outings mornings and 

 nights he has them out for an hour every day, during 

 which time they cover a good bit of ground, he would 

 then need to increase the quantity of meat and make the 

 proportion about one-third, or perhaps a trifle over this. 



Or if it was his custom, besides letting them out for a 

 few minutes' frolic every morning and night, to give them 

 a long walk on chain every day, or slow work behind a 

 horse for twenty or more miles, his dogs might have nearly 

 three-fourths meat. 



While were they greyhounds and he had them in train- 

 ing, or hounds that he was working hard in the chase, or 

 pointers, setters, or the like, that were doing almost daily 

 hard work afield, they might have a diet consisting entirely 

 of meat. 



In a word, it is safe to assume that the more exercise a 

 dog has the more meat he will digest readily and properly 

 dispose of without ill effects. 



Apropos of this, some trainers of greyhounds feed with 

 a large proportion of farinaceous foods and claim a good 

 showing, but, as one writer has in substance said, this is 

 not decisive, and even better results might possibly have 

 been attained had an all-meat diet been given. 



There are breeders also who contend that more than 

 one-third meat is demanded by all dogs, whether or not 

 they are closely confined or being trained, or hard worked 

 afield, while nearly as many insist that dogs on an average 

 find ample support in a diet composed of six, eight, or 



