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suggests itself as the principal food for breakfasts because 

 it works like a charm on the skin and coat. But for a dog 

 that is much out of condition this would scarcely be 

 nutritious enough, therefore it is advisable to fortify it ; 

 and he who is familiar with the different foods at com- 

 mand and their relative values would at once hit upon 

 eggs, for being largely composed of fatty matter they 

 greatly favor nutrition, tissue-building and force-produc- 

 tion ; furthermore, they also have an admirable action on 

 the skin and coat. 



New milk in generous quantities and from one to four 

 raw eggs — according to the size of the dog — lightly 

 beaten up in it should therefore constitute the first meal 

 of the day. 



If a meal at noonday is necessary, as it generally is 

 when the condition is very low and the date of the show 

 rapidly approaching, the food given at this meal must be 

 such that it cannot possibly disorder digestion. Here, 

 again, raw eggs recommend themselves, for of all highly 

 nutritious foods they are the most easily digested and 

 least likely to cloy and impair the appetite for the evening 

 meal. Consequently, unless it so happens that they cause 

 " bilious symptoms," which is but rarely the case where 

 the eggs are fresh, about the same number given in the 

 morning should again be given at noon, and in milk as 

 before ; but the quantity of the latter should be compara- 

 tively small and only sufficient for the purpose of thinning 

 down and disguising the eggs, which should have " a pinch" 

 of salt to push them as it were even more rapidly through 

 the stomach. 



Now for the supper, the heartiest meal of the day. 

 If the dog has very decided preferences in the way of foods, 

 and those he likes best are perfectly suitable, he can of 

 course be properly allowed them, but exercising freely as 



