96 DOGS ! THEIR, MANAGEMENT. 



picked up, for the dog that lies sost b?f)re the kitchen 

 fire is generally the fattest^ laziest, and at feeding time 

 the best behaved of his company. Consequently no dog 

 should be allowed to enter the kitchen, for their arts in 

 working upon mortal frailty can only be met by insisting 

 on their absence. The dog that is well fed and not cram- 

 med, should not refuse bread when it is offered. If this 

 be rejected, while sugar is eagerly snapped up, it will be 

 pretty certain that the animal is either too much indulged, 

 or that its health requires attention. 



Some writers recommend pot-liquor for dogs. It is not 

 advisable to use this. The water in which salt meat has 

 been boiled ought never to be employed. Greens are not 

 nutritious, but they often purge ; and if the animal will 

 eat them, they can sometimes be given when liver cannot 

 be obtained. Potatoes will, with other substances, agree 

 with animals not required for work, but the rice I have 

 recommended will be found for general purposes the best, 

 and not the most expensive food upon which the animal 

 can be sustained. Persons having lap-dogs will moreover 

 find the keep upon rice, properly seasoned, or soaked in 

 gravy, less liable to render these creatures strong or 

 tainted than the provender which is choicely selected 

 from the joint provided for the family dinner. The 

 warm meat too often presented to these creatures is apt 

 to enfeeble their digestions ; for their stomachs are soon 

 deranged, and they never should be allowed to taste any 

 kind of food which is not perfectly cold. 



The food for diseased dogs should be prepared with 



