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and the other, as I have here recommended, upon porridge and 

 boiled flesh, with trotters, &c. Up to three months old, the milk- 

 fed puppies looked the best, but between four and five the others 

 rapidly went by them, and looked in every way superior being 

 more muscular, more racing like, and more loose and bony, and 

 weighing 4 or 51bs. apiece more than the others, though not so 

 at. A remarkable fact is, that the milk-fed puppies were at least 

 a fortnight behind the others in shedding their teeth, and had not 

 so fine and strong a set. It appears, from this, as if the meal has 

 the property of encouraging the growth of enamel as well as 

 bone. 



If sheep's trotters can be procured, they are a great addition 

 to the puppy's diet, and should be prepared as follows : They 

 should be first put in scalding water for an hour, then scrape the 

 wool off, and take off the hoofs, after which, they are to be 

 simmered in one quart of water to every dozen trotters, till they 

 tumble to pieces. The small bones are then to be carefully 

 picked out, and the whole put by to get cold. A good spoonful 

 of this is a great addition to each ration, and should be mixed up 

 with the stirabout, or the dog will pick it out, as well as the meat, 

 and leave the meal untasted. From three to six months old the 

 whelps should be fed thrice a day; from six to twelve months 

 twice, and after that, if they have been treated as I have described, 

 they will have reached their full size ; and feeding once a day, 

 with a mouthful or two in the morning, is quite enough. Until 

 dogs go into training, my opinion is that they are better fed at 

 night, giving them just a mouthful in the morning, and exercising 



