CHAPTER V 



BROOD, BITCH AND PUPPIES 



NEXT comes an instructive article on the 

 care of a mother and her puppies, by- 

 Gordon Staples, the English expert, who 

 appeals to the amateur breeder, when he says: 



"In what I have now to say on the proper 

 management of mother and puppies, I desire to 

 appeal to the amateur breeder of dogs, and shall 

 feel quite contented if it simply commends itself to 

 those who have bred dogs for many years. The 

 latter, indeed, might be able to give me a wrinkle 

 or two, or exchange wrinkles with me. Indeed, it 

 is a well-known fact that where every two or three 

 dog-breeders are gathered together, there is sure to 

 be much kindly conversation and the exchange of 

 hints, valuable and practical, and all tending to the 

 same end, the improvement of the breed of our 

 mutual friend. 



"Now, s]3eaking from long experience, strength- 

 ened by the smattering of science and common- 

 sense I happen to possess, I believe if one wishes to 



have a healthful litter of puppies he must turn his 



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