4 CARE OF PUPPIES. 



ber always the great secrets In feeding are — wholesome food and a variety 

 in diet. Where only a few dogs are kept, the " scraps " from the tahle, 

 from their varied nature, cannot be improved upon. Itliz potatoes and 

 other vegetables with a little gravy and small pieces of meat. Until six 

 months old , feed three times a day , then twice dally until maturity la 

 reached. 



Bemaia with the pup while eating, and as soon as he tarns from his food 

 remove it at once. Never urge a dog to eat, if he shows from his manner 

 a loss of appetite. Prepare something else and tempt him with it and if he 

 still declines, wait until his next regular time of feeding and try again. 



As a rule, give as little medicine as possible to puppies. Probably the 

 more common affection observed among themis indigestion in some form 

 or other. As castor oil or syrup of buckthorn can do no harm, if an odor to 

 the breath, a hot nose, sluggish manner, or disinclination to eat is noted, 

 give either, and watch the discharges. If very offensive, or undigested 

 matter appears in them, the cause Is apparent. Stop all food for a time, 

 and when next given, select only the simplest and most easily digested, 

 milk and lime-water preferred. 



Vegetables have a tendency to purify the blood and keep the bowels in 

 good condition. When these cannot be given , other means should be 

 employed in the form of a mUa physic. It is a good plan to give a dose of 

 sulphur, either alone or with powdered magnesia, if a laxative is needed, 

 mixed with the food once or twice a week in summer, and less often in 

 colder weather. Ordinary dose, one-half a teaspoonful of eaeh. 



Diarrhoea is usually the result of indigestion. Often nature's effort to 

 throw off the disease, in many cases regrulattag the diet, wUl sufloe ; giving 

 porridge made of boiled milk, and flour baked untU slightly brown. If the 

 attack is severe, first imitate nature by giving a dose of castor oil, it being 

 desirable that the contents of the intestines be effdfetually removed, in order 

 to prevent their continued passage over the inflamed surface, and to 

 secure, as far as may be, that important end in the treatment of all inflam- 

 mations, viz., quietude of the inflamed parts. Paregoric, as the simplest 

 form of opiate, may then be given in one or two teaspoonful doses. 



Worms are a common enemy to pups, and the giving of sour milk will 

 do much to prevent their formation. Their presence may be suspected 

 when bloating beyond the fulness that the food taken would be likely to 

 produce. For worms in puppies three months old, give one or two grains 

 of santonine in butter after having fasted twelve hours; follow this dose 

 three hours later with one of castor oil. 



Fleas are a constant source of annoyance. Washing young puppies is 

 never admissible. Combing with a flne comb dipped in kerosene oU, or 

 rubbing flea powder into the hair, are the means to be employed. 



