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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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At
three
or
four
days
old
the
tails
should
be
removed,
as
near
the
rump
as
possible.
The
operation
is
easy
to
perform,
and
if
done
with
a
sharp,
clean
instrument
there
is
no
danger
of
after
ill
effects.
If
the
mother
be
kept
on
a
very
liberal
diet,
it
will
usually
be
found
that
she
will
do
all
that
is
necessary
for
her
family's
welfare
for
the
first
three
weeks,
by
which
time
the
pups
have
increased
prodigiously
in
size.
They
are
then
old
enough
to
learn
to
lap
for
themselves,
an
accomplishment
which
they
very
speedily
acquire.
Beginning
with
fresh
cow's
milk
for
a
week,
their
diet
may
be
gradually
increased
to
Mellin's
or
Benger's
food,
and
later
to
gruel
and
Quaker
Oats,
their
steadily
increasing
appetites
being
catered
for
by
the
simple
exercise
of
commonsense.
Feed
them
little
and
often,
about
five
times
a
day,
and
encourage
them
to
move
about
as
much
as
possible;
and
see
that
they
never
go
hungry,
without
allowing
them
to
gorge.
Let
them
play
until
they
tire,
and
sleep
until
they
hunger
again,
and
they
will
be
found
to
thrive
and
grow
with
surprising
rapidity.
At
six
weeks
old
they
can
fend
for
themselves,
and
shortly
afterwards
additions
may
be
made
to
their
diet
in
the
shape
of
paunches,
carefully
cleaned
and
cooked,
and
Spratt's
Puppy
Rodnim.
A
plentiful
supply
of
fresh
milk
is
still
essential.
Gradually
the
number
of
their
meals
may
be
decreased,
first
to
four
a
day,
and
later
on
to
three,
until
at
six
months
old
they
verge
on
adolescence;
and
may
be
placed
upon
the
rations
of
the
adult
dog,
two
meals
a
day.
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