62 KENNEL SECRETS. 



not be too young nor too old ; and the carrots, turnips, 

 beets and the like, always in good state of preservation. 

 The cabbage while yet sound and wholesome is soft but 

 crisp, but when the leaves have wilted fermentation has 

 occurred in them and they are most noxious, causing 

 among other disturbances the generation of an enormous 

 amount of gas in the intestinal canal. 



It must also be borne in mind that a large proportion 

 of these substances are more or less laxative in their 

 action, consequently the droppings must be watched to 

 determine whether or not they are wisely used. And 

 they, like all other foods, should be varied frequently, 

 mashed turnips being in excess of other vegetables in one 

 evening meal, potatoes in the next, perhaps, and so on 

 down the list, not omitting cabbages, which when long 

 and well boiled, minced fine and thoroughly mixed with 

 meat, can generally be used to advantage once or twice a 

 week. 



And it goes without saying that should constipation be 

 noted it will be advisable to increase the quantity of the 

 " greens," they being the most laxative, while if the 

 bowels become too free the use of all vegetables should 

 be discontinued for a time and milk and bread or rice con- 

 stitute the nourishment. 



What is known as flour gruel is the remedy to check 

 the discharges, and this is made by boiling wheat flour 

 long and well in skimmed milk ; or the flour can be baked 

 in an oven until it has turned a light brown and then 

 added to boiling milk, and given without further cooking 

 as soon as it has cooled. And in both instances sufficient 

 flour should be used to thicken the milk to the consist- 

 ency of oatmeal porridge. 



It is not merely sufficient to fill the stomach of a puppy 

 or mature dog, or in other words to supply in proper 



