General Management. 3 
Quantity,—This should be exactly in proportion to the 
appetite, z.¢., until the animal is satisfied. Some individuals 
condemn the practice of permitting dogs to fill, or, as they 
put it, overgorge themselves. And where dogs have been 
previously starved, or have missed a meal or two, they are 
right, but otherwise not so. The cravings of the carnivorous 
stomach are not of the frequency found in herbivorous and 
omnivorous ones, owing to the slow process of digestion; 
and this being so, a larger stock of material is required to 
work on than when the intervals between the meals are 
shorter ; otherwise long fasts would result, and eventually 
act prejudically to the animal’s health. 
When the dog, after eating for some time, pauses, looks 
about, leaves the dish, returns to it and makes an attempt, 
as it were, to get a little more down, ¢hen it should be 
removed. Company will frequently induce the animal, from 
motives of jealousy, to take more than he really wants, and 
he will greedily devour, on the approach of another 
creature, that which a few moments before was rejected. 
This, of course, is hurtful; it may be likened unto the 
surplus oil on machinery, which cannot be utilized, and is 
therefore wasted, and does injury to other parts: so with 
the dog, the surplus food may pass into the intestinal canal 
undigested, and produce diarrhcea or constipation. 
Kind of food.—Many and various are the opinions on 
this point: horse-flesh, mutton, paunch, entrails, liver, 
greaves, and oatmeal are among the list of those 
advocated, 
Flesh is undoubtedly the dog’s natural food, but, on the 
other hand, we must look to the circumstances under which 
he is placed. For instance, toy-dogs ur house-pets not used 
for sport do not require flesh-meat beyond an occasional 
bone and meat-gravy; bread or plain biscuit with milk, 
oatmeal-porridge, plain rice-pudding, or potatoes and gravy, 
with green vegetables once or twice a week, form the most 
suitable diet for this class of dog. 
