EXERCISE. 261 
FEEDING. 
The feeding of puppies is all important, and unless they have 
plenty of food sufficiently nourishing to allow of a proper growth, 
it is impossible that they should become what they might be if fed 
with the best materials for the purpose. From the time of weaning 
to the end of the third month, when a decision must be arrived 
at as to their subsequent management, very little deviation is 
required from the plans described at pp. 256-7; that is, the 
puppies should be fed every four hours upon the thickened broth 
made from sheep’s head and thickened milk alternately. After 
that time, however, their food must be given them rather stronger 
and of a somewhat different nature, as we shall find in its proper 
place. This food will be required for any kind of dog, but a single 
puppy may very well be reared upon thickened milk, with the 
scraps of the house in addition, including bones, which it will 
greedily pick, and any odds and ends which are left on the plates. 
Regularity of feeding in puppies, as in adult animals, is of the 
utmost importance; and it will always be found that if two 
puppies are equally well reared in other respects, and one fed at 
regular hours, while the other is only supplied at the caprice of 
servants, the former will greatly excel the latter in size and health, 
as well as in the symmetrical development of the body. It is also 
very necessary to avoid leaving any part of one meal in the pans 
or feeding-troughs till the next, as nothing disgusts the dog more 
than seeing food left in this way. The moment the puppies fill 
themselves, take away the surplus; and, indeed, it is better still 
to anticipate them by stopping them before they have quite done. 
All this requires considerable tact and experience, and there are 
very few servants who are able and willing to carry out these 
directions fully. 
EXERCISE. 
Exercise is necessary at all ages, but the fully developed dog 
may be confined for some little time without permanent injury, 
the formation of his feet and the texture of his bones and muscles 
being then finally settled. On the other hand, the puppy will 
