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which at first nearly every particle of meat has been 

 scraped ; and on these they will try their teeth, fight at 

 them, and pound their little legs for an hour or more, and 

 then take a nap. 



Note the difference between a puppy treated in this 

 way and one that is allowed to gorge himself three times a 

 day. The latter, weak and tottering, drags his distended 

 abdomen into a corner and sleeps his time away on top 

 of another like himself ; but the former soon stands true 

 and firm ; instead of sleeping he is all for play, and young 

 as he is he is biting and tugging at everything within 

 his reach. 



This puppy will grow straight and strong on his legs 

 and upright in his pasterns ; moreover, from his food he 

 will extract its greatest good ; and, in a word, he will in 

 a short time be far ahead of the other and top-heavy 

 puppy. 



Never feed all together is another rule which should be 

 fixed at once after the weaning. Ignore this and the 

 puppies will rarely ever take just the right quantities, for 

 the stronger will push the weaker aside. And another 

 point to be kept in sight is, that when fed with others 

 a puppy not only eats what he needs but he eats what 

 he fancies others are going to take from him, whereas if 

 fed quietly by himself he is likely to stop when he has 

 had just a little more than he actually requires — yet not 

 enough to injure him and throw him all out of shape. 

 But now take this same puppy after he has had his fill 

 and put him with others that are eating, and he will go 

 into the pan as though ravenously hungry. 



The novice may accept without qualification that these 

 rules — feed little and often, and feed separately — are 

 the two greatest secrets of success in puppy raising. 

 And certainly it is not hard to believe this, for every 



