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Green cabbage, turnip tops, turnips, nettle-tops, or carrots, as well 

 as potatoes, may all be given with advantage boiled and mixed with 

 the meal and broth, in which way they are much relished. 



Scraps, bought at the provision stores, and consisting of the refuse 

 of the fat melced to make tallow, are a very common article for 

 flavoring the meal of sporting dogs of all kinds. Beyond this 

 they have little value, but they certainly afford some degree of 

 nourishment, and are not altogether to be despised. They are 

 boiled in water first until soft, and then mixed with the meal to 

 form the stirabout or pudding. With oatmeal they form a good 

 food enough for pointers and setters, as they are not so heating as 

 flesh. 



The quantity by weight which is required by the growing puppy 

 daily of such food as the above, is from a twelfth to one-twentieth 

 of the weight of its body, varying with the rapidity of growth, 

 and a good deal with the breed also. Thus a 12 Ib. dog will take 

 from five-eighths of a pound to a pound, and a 36 ft. dog from two 

 pounds to three pounds. When they arrive at full growth, more 

 than the smaller of these weights is very seldom wanted, and it 

 may be taken as the average weight of food of this kind for all 

 dogs in tolerably active exercise. 



GENERAL TREATMENT. 



During the whole time of growth, the only general management 

 required is, first, a habit of obedience, the dog being taught his 

 kennel name, to follow at heel, and to lead. Some breeds require 

 more than this ; as, for instance, the pointer and setter, which will 

 be mentioned under the head of breaking. Secondly, secure clean- 

 liness in all respects, the kennel being kept scrupulously clean by 

 washing the floor, and at least once a year lime-washing the walls, 

 while the skins are freed from any vermin which may be found 

 by the means described in the Third Book. In the summer a 

 straw bed is seldom required, but in the winter it must be given 

 for the sake of warmth, and changed once or twice a week. 



