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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
HUNTING A BITCH WHILE IN WHELP. 
There is certainly a sympathy between the mother and the unborn foetus, 
and puppies that are born shortly after a bitch has been shot over several times 
are much easier to break than if she was not worked. They take to hunting 
and pointing as naturally as a duckling goes to water when hatched. For two 
weeks prior to pupping make it a duty, therefore, to run your bitch where 
there is game and have her point as much as possible ; it will amply repay the 
breeder. In like manner allow hounds to run, and terriers to kill vermin, the 
mor6 the better, so that your dog does not so ^injure herself as to bring on 
premature labor. 
