ii8 DOGS. 



INIr. Hugh Dalziel says: "Hard and fast rules in feeding are 

 dangerous — age, individual constitution, existing state of health 

 and condition, have all to be carefully considered." 



Over feeding, as will be seen in the pages of this work, is a 

 frequent source of disease, and under feeding brings in its train 

 bad consequences. As a broad rule, it may be laid down that 

 indoor pets and other dogs not taking much exercise should 

 have very little meat. All dogs should have their principal 

 meal in the middle of the day, watch-dogs not excepted. If 

 breakfast is given it should be very light, just a little sop or a 

 biscuit. If no breakfast is to be the rule, then a similar light 

 supper may be allowed, but a dog to be kept well should not 

 have more than two meals a day, one of which should be only a 

 bait while the other should be a thoroughly substantial one. 

 Where only one dog is kept, house scraps answer every purpose, 

 provided they are not stale and that the "stock pot" is not 

 given to the dog when it becomes too bad for use. 



Oatmeal, rice, and other meals well cooked, make dogs fat 

 and thriving, but hunting dogs require some flesh food in 

 addition. 



"Milk for babes" and milk for pups. Puppies should be 

 round and plump if they are to do well, and nothing to achieve 

 this is equal to milk and farinaceous foods. They do not, as a 

 rule, take distemper so badly when brought up on an exclusively 

 milk diet. There is one important thing to be borne in mind 

 however, and that is the tendency in dogs to round worms. It 

 has not been proved that their eggs are carried in milk, but 

 experience proves that when milk is boiled pups are not nearly 

 so liable to these pests. Little feeding, and often, is the rule to 

 apply to very young animals, increasing the intervals as they 

 grow older and take more substantial food. 



BEDDING. 



The indoor pet will see to it himself that he has the softest 

 chair and the best place in any room, but the kennelled dog 



