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When the puppies are nine or ten weeks old the 
meals may be cut down to four, but more variety 
may be fed. Meat should always be part of the 
diet for at least two of the meals each day. Milk 
is very nutritious, as it is the natural diet of all 
young mammals, but it stands to reason that as 
the puppies grow older it cannot be fed to the exclu¬ 
sion of all other foods. Say for instance, a milk 
and stale bread ration is fed as the first meal in 
the morning. At ten o'clock the diet may be varied 
by feeding a little cooked meat with the broth, into 
which puppy meal has been stirred or dog biscuits 
have been broken. At two o’clock they may be 
given another good portion of meat, broth and well 
cooked vegetables, prefacing this meal by giving 
them a little raw beef cut up very finely and fed 
in small quantities. In the evening they might have 
another ration similar to the two o'clock meal. This 
diet may be varied in many ways, but what should 
be impressed upon the mind of every beginner is 
that meat is not only not injurious, but highly essen¬ 
tial for puppies, if best results in growth and general 
hardihood are to be expected. 1 am not much of 
a believer in cereals, such as, corn or oatmeal, par¬ 
ticularly the former; although for an occasional 
change such foods may be fed at rare intervals. 
When the puppies are twelve weeks old the num¬ 
ber of meals may be reduced to three. It is well 
at this age to treat for worms again, for even though 
they have been thoroughly eradicated when the 
puppies were very young, it is a practical certainty 
that they are again infested. Indeed some breeders 
