Mammals The Dog 
active dogs will consume more then those which are 
smaller or more quiet in their habits. Two meals per 
day, a light breakfast and a supper which he can 
digest, are all that a dog needs. The best diet is 
varied. Meat should not be given except in small 
quantities; it should be cooked, and even then, 
should be given sparingly. The food does not need 
to be warm, and must never be hot or sloppy. 
Scraps from the table may be fed, if they contain a 
sufficient amount of meat; if not, cheap meat should 
be bought and boiled, and it, or its liquor mixed with 
bread or vegetables. The best diet is made of meat 
thus cooked, chopped and mixed with rice or oatmeal, 
or occasionally with corn meal for a variety; but the 
latter is too heating for summer diet. Rice cooked 
with codfish is an excellent food for winter. Cooked 
vegetables should be fed at least twice a week; if the 
dog seems hungry after eating porridge or vegetables, 
he may be given a dog biscuit. For breakfast give 
porridge with milk, taking care to not have it sloppy, 
and a dog biscuit three or four times a week if 
necessary. For the evening meal, give a mixture of 
vegetables and cooked meat, in the proportion of 
one-fourth or less of meat to three-fourths of bread or 
vegetables. A large dog, weighing eighty pounds, 
may be given at each meal three-fourths of a pound of 
cooked rice with one-fourth pound of cooked meat 
chopped, and mixed so thoroughly that the meat 
cannot be separated from the rice. We have known 
of hounds kept in perfect condition in winter when 
fed steadily on corn meal in the form of johnny-cake 
or mush mixed with stewed scraps of waste meat. 
The johnny-cake was made with lard or cottolene. 
In summer, less meat and much skimmed milk were 
given. 
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