116 DOGS 



mortal (a man) who has been making himself ridiculous 

 by the rare twaddle he has been writing about unwashed 

 and slobbering dogs travelling with ladies. Anyhow, they 

 cannot be so bad as those smoking-carriages, where the 

 smokers spit about so, disgracefully. There are smokers' 

 carriages, ' ladies-only ' carriages, and invalid carriages 

 and dining cars, and there ought to be one for ladies' dogs. 



Dogs in Pup 



Gestation lasts 63 days. Feed on broth and sloppy 

 food the last 10 days; before the dog whelps, let her have 

 .plenty of gentle exercise ; at the end of the sixth week she 

 must not be allowed to over-exert herself or jump off or 

 on chairs, &c. Give early in the morning a dessert-spoonful 

 of castor oil a week before the 63 days. Provide a low 

 bed a yard square, with an edge all round about 5 in. high, 

 and a strip of old carpet at the bottom, and then fasten 

 doivn ; then lay 2 or 3 in. of clean soft hay on the top. 

 For 15 days pups require no sustenance except from the 

 mother, but after that they should receive a saucerful of 

 mutton broth or weak beef-tea, thickened with a dessert- 

 spoonful of oatmeal, and some crumbled breadcrumbs. 

 After another week a little boiled rice instead of the oat- 

 meal, and some tiny bits of mutton may be added. Feed 

 the mother twice a day till pups are 6 weeks old, and then 

 they should be weaned. Feed her on dry food the last 

 week before weaning, and afterwards with plenty of green 

 vegetables, to cool her after the puppies are weaned. If 

 the mother's coat comes off unduly after the event, give 

 twice a week a teaspoonful of Parrish's Chemical Food in 

 the food for 2 or 3 weeks. 



Fostep-Motheps 



Where it is necessary to give a foster-mother, see that 

 she is clean and healthy-looking in her skin. 



