General Management of the Dog: 10§ 
mixed together and gradually introduced as the regular 
and staple food. The quantity per day will of course 
vary according to the size of the puppy; but, as an ap- 
‘proximation to the proper weight required, it may be laid 
down that for each pound the puppy weighs an ounce of 
moderately solid food will be sufficient. From the time 
of weaning up to the tenth week it should be fed four 
times a day; then up to four months, three times; and 
afterwards twice until full-grown, when a single feed will, 
.in.our opinion, conduce to its health, though many prefer 
going on with the morning and evening supply. When 
_the puppy is full-grown,. meat, bread, and vegetables 
(either potatoes, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, or pars- 
nips), in equal proportions, will form the proper diet, care 
being taken.to avoid bread made with much alum in it. 
Dog. biscuits, if sound, answer well for pet dogs; but the 
quantity required is so small that in most hoases the 
scraps of the bread-basket are- quite sufficient. Bones 
should be supplied daily, for without them not only are 
the teeth liable to become covered with tartar, but the 
digestion is impaired for want of a sufficient secretion of 
saliva, 
If the above quality and quantity of food and exercise 
are given in combination with the protection. from cold 
recommended, the pet puppy will seldom require any 
medical treatment. Sometimes, in spite of the most 
careful management, it will be attacked by distemper con- 
tracted from some passing dog infected with it;. but with 
this exception, which will not often occur, it-may be anti- 
cipated that the properly treated pet dog will pass through 
life without submitting to the attacks of this disease, 
which is dire in its effects upon this division of the canine 
race. If care is taken to add oatmeal. and green vege- 
tables to the food in quantity sufficient to. keep the 
bowels from being confined, no aperient will ever be re- 
quired ; but sometimes this precaution is neglected, and 
then recourse must be had either to castor oil or the 
compound rhubarb pill—the dose being one drop of the 
former or half a grain of the latter to each pound the 
puppy weighs, If the:oil is: stirred up with some milk, 
