i8o DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



lay on flesh. Lean, raw beef, finely chopped, is an excellent 

 food once or twice a day for the first few months, and, though 

 this comes expensive, it pays in the end. Raw meat is supposed 

 to cause worm troubles, but these pests are also found where 

 meat is not given, and in any case a puppy is fortified with 

 more strength to withstand them if fed on raw meat than 

 otherwise, and a good dosing from time to time will be all that 

 is necessary to keep him well and happy. 



Young growing puppies must have their freedom to gambol 

 about, and get their legs strong. Never keep the puppies 

 cooped up in a small kennel run or house. If you have a fair- 

 sized yard, give them the run of that, or even the garden, in 

 spite of what your gardener may say they may do a little 

 damage to the flowers, but will assuredly do good to them- 

 selves. They love to dig in the soft borders : digging is 

 second nature to them, and is of great importance in their 

 development. 



If you have not a garden, or if the flowers are too sacred, it is 

 better to place your puppies as early as possible with respec- 

 table cottagers, or small farmers, especially the latter, with 

 whom they will have entire freedom to run about, and will not 

 be overfed. 



If you intend to show your puppies, you should begin some 

 time in advance to school them to walk on the lead and to 

 stand quiet when ordered to. Much depends on this in the 

 judging ring, where a dog who is unused to being on a 

 lead often spoils his chances of appearing at his best under 

 the (to him) strange experiences of restraint which the lead 

 entails. 



During the past five-and-twenty years the names of two 

 particular Dachshunds stand out head and shoulders above 

 those of their competitors : Champions Jackdaw and Ptero- 

 dactyl. Jackdaw had a wonderful record, having, during a 

 long show career, never been beaten in his class from start to 

 finish, and having won many valuable prizes. He was 

 credited with being the most perfect Dachshund that had ever 



