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and when everything- is taken into considera- 

 tion far more economical than any makeshift. 



The number of meals a dog should be given 

 daily is a matter frequently discussed. A light 

 meal in the morning (fed dry), such as two 

 or three dog biscuits or their equivalent, and 

 a full meal at night will be found satisfactory. 

 If the dog is to be worked in the morning omit 

 the morning meal entirely or let it consist of 

 something that will be promptly digested, such 

 as one or two raw eggs beaten up with cracker 

 crumbs. Under no circumstances should a 

 dog be worked directly after feeding a full 

 meal. The stomach, like all muscles and or- 

 gans, requires, during action, an increased 

 blood supply. During exercise the blood is 

 drawn from the stomach and other internal 

 organs to other parts of the body, and the food, 

 instead of being digested, lies as a heavy load 

 with- a liability to ferment and produce a 

 diarrhoea or dysentery that will incapitate the 

 animal. Table scraps and "pick ups," if clean 

 and fresh, free from fat and grease (they sel- 

 dom are), may be tolerated for house or pet 

 dogs, but the sportsman who attempts to take 

 his dog through a hard season's hunting on 

 such food is blind to his dog's interests. 



EXERCISE.- 



The young dog during his training season or 

 during preparation for a field trial generally 



