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additional expense incidental to their daily use. 

 Gradually the proportion of solid food should 

 be increased and the amount of liquids de- 

 creased. Beef or mutton soups with vegetables, 

 such as carrots, tomatoes, onions and potatoes, 

 can be substituted gradually for the milk. The 

 puppy will thrive rapidly on such food. 



The dog is a carnivorous animal and requires 

 more or less of a meat diet. It is well to begin 

 feeding a puppy meat when he is three months 

 old, in the form of well-boiled mutton or beef 

 that is free from fat. Two or three times a 

 week, a little raw, lean beef, chopped fine, 

 should be fed. It acts as a tonic to his digestive 

 organs, and the good effects will be shown in 

 the improved appearance of the dog's coat. He 

 must not be given sufficient to satisfy his appe- 

 tite or he will refuse to eat anything else, and 

 it is highly important at this time that he eat 

 a good proportion of the grains, as they contain 

 certain elements necessary to the development 

 of bone and muscle. 



Feed a two-month-old puppy eight times a 

 day. When three or four months old feed six 

 times a day; when five or six months old, five 

 times a day ; when eight months old, four times 

 a day; when ten months or a year old, three 

 or four times, and when fully grown a light 

 meal in the morning and a full meal at night. 

 Attend to the feeding yourself and let the puppy 



