Your Dog and Your Cat 



eggs may be given either over the food or with a 

 small quantity of milk as a drink. This is fre- 

 quently given in place of water when the bowels are 

 inclined to be loose. Bone meal is also serviceable 

 in chronic diarrhea. 



Dogs that are very fat should be placed on a re- 

 stricted diet in order that they may regain proper 

 proportions. The food should consist largely of 

 meat in very meager amounts. A tablespoonful of 

 me^ is sufficient for a collie that is excessively fat. 



Overfeeding. — ^The most common error in the 

 care of the dog is overfeeding. Few people are 

 satisfied unless the dog has eaten all that he desires. 

 After he has had his fill they leave a portion in 

 case he should get hungry later. Such indulgence, 

 while prompted by a spirit of kindness, is very 

 harmful to the dog. He, of course, grows fat and 

 lazy and though no trouble may ensue for a long 

 time, sooner or later the results become evident. It 

 is a great hardship to a dog to be placed on a re- 

 stricted diet after having been allowed all sorts 

 of food in abundant quantities. 



Improper Feeding. — Dogs suffer more than any 

 other animal from improper food. This trouble 

 begins with puppies as soon as they are weaned. 

 They are almost invariably given large amounts of 

 cow's milk and for the majority of dogs this is 

 very harmful, because they gorge themselves so 

 as to obtain sufficient nourishment. To this is added 

 bread, store crackers, cereals and potatoes, all of 



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