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during the day, with one of scraped meat, at intervals of 

 about four hours, care being taken to give too little milk 

 rather than too much. At six weeks the puppies may usually 

 be taken entirely from the mother, and at this time it is 

 generally advisable to give a gentle vermifuge, such as Ruby. 

 A very little German rusk may also be added to the milk 

 meals, which may be increased to one and a-half tablespoon- 

 fuls at a time, but it must always be remembered that, in nine 

 cases out of ten, trouble is caused by overfeeding rather than 

 underfeeding, and until the rubicon of eight weeks has been 

 passed, care and oversight should be unremitting. At eight 

 weeks' old, Force or brown breadcrumbs may be added to the 

 morning milk, chopped meat may be given instead of scraped at 

 midday, the usual milk at tea-time, and a dry biscuit, such 

 as Plasmon, for supper. At ten weeks old the milk at tea- 

 time may be discontinued and the other meals increased ac- 

 cordingly, and very little further trouble need be feared, for 

 Griffons very rarely suffer from teething troubles. 



Brussels Griffons are divided into three groups, according 

 to their appearance, and representatives of each group may 

 be, and sometimes are, found in one and the same litter. 

 First and foremost, both in importance and in beauty, comes 

 the Griffon Bruxellois, a cobby, compact little dog, with wiry 

 red coat, large eyes, short nose, well turned up, and sloping 

 back, very prominent chin, and small ears. Secondly come 

 the Griffons of any other colour, or, as they are termed in 

 Brussels, Griffons Beiges. These are very often Griffons of the 

 usual colour, with a mismark of white or black, or occasionally 

 they may be grey or fawn. But the most approved colour, 

 and certainly the most attractive, is black and tan. The 

 third group of Brussels Griffons is that termed " smooth," 

 or, in Brussels, Griffons Brabancons. The smooth Griffon is 

 identical with the rough in all points except for being short- 

 haired. As is well known, smooth Griffons are most useful 

 for breeding rough ones with the desired hard red coat, and 

 many well-known show dogs with rough coats have been bred 



