Your Dog and Your Cat 



all bones, however small, are removed. The fish 

 should be given boiled or baked, but never fried. 

 Canned fish is not desirable but may be used in an 

 emergency. The fish should never be left in the 

 can after it has been opened. 



Dog Crackers. — Dog crackers rank next to meat 

 in th^r desirability as a food. They may be given 

 alone or with meat, dry, or moistened with hot 

 water or broth. They should not be soaked suffi- 

 ciently to make them soggy but should be damp 

 and mealy. There are many good makes on the 

 market, but those which are not too hard are more 

 readily taken by the dog. When the crackers are 

 given moist and mixed with meat, a broken cracker 

 may be purchased which is cheaper and more con- 

 venient. For small dogs and puppies a smaller 

 cracker is prepared. This is not as hard as the dog 

 cracker and can be more readily handled by the 

 smaller animals. Puppy meal is a powdered prepa- 

 ration which is excellent directly after weaning. It 

 is used uncooked and mixed to a paste with hot 

 water or broth. 



Bread. — ^While bread does not compare with dog 

 crackers in nutritive value it is often desirable to 

 use it as a filler to produce the necessary bulk for 

 the ration. Stale white bread or rolls may be 

 given dry or moistened with broth. It should never 

 be euflficiently soaked to make it sloppy or soggy. 

 The bread is always broken in small pieces and 

 mixed with the meat. 



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