INDEX. 



347 



Nettles, 37. 



Nursing, impediments to, 273. 



Oatmeal, food value of, 44. 

 Obesity, cause of, 20. 



" in brood bitches, 227. 

 CEstruation, 214. 

 Onions, 38. 

 Osteomalacia, 236. 

 Over-eating, results of, 21. 

 Over-feeding, dangers in, 79. 

 Over-weighty, to reduce the, 159, 162. 



Parasites in animal foods, 24. 

 Parsnips, 37. 

 Pedigree, value of, 209. 

 Permanganate of potassium, 92. 

 Poison for destroying puppies, 297. 



" generated in foods, 78. 



<' in drinkmg water, no. 

 Pork, digestibility of, 25. 

 Potatoes, 36. 



Precipitated phosphate of lime, 59, 237. 

 Pregnancy, signs of, 231. 

 Preparatory work, 143. 

 Puppies, artificial feeding of, 262, 269. 



" at birth, 249. 



" bones for, 60. 



" care of new-born, 260. 



" cod-liver oil for, 60. 



" crushed by the mother, 245, 251. 



" dangers in over-feeding, 55, 70. 



" dangers in shows, 145. 



" deformities in, 295. 



" diet table for, 58. 



" effects of restraint on, 98. 



" feedmg of, 49. 



" general rules for feeding, 70. 



" heat required by, 261. 



" importance of exercise in, 57. 



" infection of, by worms, 315. 



" infested by lice, 138. 



" mortality of, 189. 



" number of meals for, 53, 58. 



" precautions in feeding, 53. 



" preparation of vegetables for, 62. 



" prevention of deformities, 59, 70. 



" quantity of food required by, 69. 



" sleeping-boxes for, 286. 



" time for weaning, 50. 



" to keep down in weight, 66. 



" treatment of, when suffocated, 



273- 



" variety in diet essential for, 63. 



** vermin on, 287. 



" water for, 114. 



" when starving, 263. 



" yards for, 99. 

 Puppy-eating habit 253. 

 Puppy quarters, hygiene of the, 285, 290. 



Quassia, 136. 

 Quinine, 153. 



Rice, food value of, 45. 



" for toys, 159. 

 Rickets, one cause of, 236. 

 " prevention of, 59. 

 Ring, hints while in the, 188. 

 Rutting, signs of, 219. 

 Rye, 46. 



Sales, rules governing, 296. 



Santonin, 323. 



Season, 214. 



Service, 222. 



Shaping, 215. 



Show managements, hints for, 191. 



Shows, journeying to, 177. 



" prevention of infection at, 186. 

 Sire, influence of previous, 206. 



" selection of, 197. 

 Skimmed milk, 162. 

 Skin, importance of cleanliness, 116. 



" when out of condition, 168. 

 Sleeping-benches, 87. 

 Sleeping-boxes, 88. 

 Soap, carbolic acid, 137. 



" formula for the best, 173. 

 Soaps of ordinary quality, 120. 

 Soups, digestibility of, 22. 

 Spinach, 37. 

 Spoon-feeding, 32, 157. 

 Starchy foods, 39. 



" " digestibility of, 46. 



" " in puppyhood, 47. 



" " in obesity, 228. 



Stud dogs, exercise for, 107. 

 Sulphur fumigation, 90. 



Table scraps, 23, 71. 

 Tapeworm destroyer, 337. 

 Tea sops, 163. 

 Teething, 301. 

 Toys, corn meal on, 43. 



" diet for, 65, 68. 



" effects of meat on, 9. 



" the feeding of, 159. 



" washing of, 172, 175. 

 Training, 304. 

 Tripe for toys, 68. 

 Troublesome insects, 129. 

 Turnip, 37. 

 Turpentine, 320. 

 Tyrotoxicon, 293. 



Umbilical cord, 249. 



Vegetables, corrective properties of, 37. 

 " penalties for excess of, 20. 



Ventilation, importance of, 290. 



