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highly nutritive and recuperative agent, building up and 
improving the muscular and fatty tissues and imparting 
tone to the digestive organs. But it must be remembered 
there is cod-liver oil and cod-liver oil, and though in the 
past I have written in favour of cod-liver oil biscuits, I have 
had good cause to change my first impressions. 
Anything in the nature of rancid fat is likely to induce 
dyspepsia and eructations, the latter being a common and 
unpleasant sequence, and as it is impossible to preserve the 
original quality of the oil in a long kept biscuit, the rancid 
odour of which is apparent, I do not recommend cod-liver 
oil cakes—especially for pet dogs. Cod-liver oil pure and 
simple is invaluable as a canine recuperative agent, par- 
ticularly in weakly, ricketty and backward puppies—and 
this given alone, or with food, is far more valuable than 
‘the depreciated and insufficient quantity contained in 
biscuits. ; 
A dog should never be induced to eat against its will, 
except under circumstances which will be named when con- 
sidering diseases. Many are the dogs I have had sent me 
for advice with no other complaint than want of appetite. 
As a rule, they are enormously over-fed. A week’s spare, 
plain diet, and a dose of castor-oil, has generally produced 
the desired result. ; 
Beer, wine and spirits should never be allowed except 
medicinally. Some dogs are particularly fond of the for- 
mer. I recently had a mastiff-bitch (Duchess) who would 
greedily lap it whenever she had the chance, 
Water.—There are few animals to which the denial of 
_ water is felt to a greater degree than the dog. Whether in 
health or disease, water is requisite in assisting the natural 
- functions of the body. 
With regard to the feeding of puppies, I have little to 
say ; when weaning, milk is undoubtedly the most suitable 
diet, and to this, as time goes on, may be gradually added 
a little bread, ground biscuit or boiled oatmeal-porridge. 
