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milk, many also will throw it back, consequently where it 

 is refused or not kindly received by the stomach, skimmed 

 milk with a little water added should be substituted. And 

 of this or buttermilk nearly a saucerful might be given 

 for breakfast, and smaller quantities a few times during 

 the day. 



It is well to add that although advisable to restrict the 

 quantity of fluids where efforts are being made to reduce 

 the weight by dietetic means alone, without the assist- 

 ance of exercise, an exception can be made of skimmed or 

 buttermilk because of their stimulant action upon the kid- 

 neys, by means of which the slight fat -producing tendency 

 is more than compensated for. 



Mutton is less fattening than beef, therefore it is to be 

 preferred in a case like the one under consideration. Rich 

 soups favor a laying on of fat, consequently they must 

 be forbidden. As for starchy foods, the quantity of them 

 for all overweight dogs must be very small indeed, and it 

 would be advisable always to restrict them largely if not 

 wholly to plain biscuits and "white bread" that has been 

 toasted or baked until brown and crisp. 



In a word, mutton broth and biscuits, or broth with 

 toast, mutton, a bit of the greens occasionally, and 

 skimmed milk or buttermilk should be the main sup- 

 ports in feeding an overweighty Yorkshire ; while for 

 a change he might be allowed " tea sops " — bread or 

 toast soaked in tea — if, like the most of his kind, he 

 seemed to care for them. 



Every day he should be put on the scales, and if 

 found gaining in weight either the quantity of food must 

 be lessened or all starchy foods discontinued for a short 

 time ; in which event milk, meat and the "greens " must 

 be mainly depended upon. And this diet could be made 

 more nutritious without increasing the fat-producing ten- 



