. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . e who have the interest of thislittle dog at heart to continue the importa-tion of fresh blood not only from France,but, where possible, from Germany, Austria,and America. By introducing entirely freshblood, or even blood of the same strain thathas been in a totally different climate forseveral generations, the stamina and phy-sique is improved, and type is not sacrificed ;also by doing this greater facilities are
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . e who have the interest of thislittle dog at heart to continue the importa-tion of fresh blood not only from France,but, where possible, from Germany, Austria,and America. By introducing entirely freshblood, or even blood of the same strain thathas been in a totally different climate forseveral generations, the stamina and phy-sique is improved, and type is not sacrificed ;also by doing this greater facilities areafforded for legitimate in-breeding, which,in some cases, is undeniably necessary toprocure or retain certain special charac-teristics. All breeders of the French Bulldog knowto their cost the difficulties to be encounteredin rearing puppies. Unless a bitch liasproved herself a good mother, it is alwaysadvisable to have a foster-mother in readiness—by preference one who has had her puppies 62 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. ;i day or two in advance. For one or twosmall puppies a cat makes an excellentmother. If the pups have to be fed by handPlasmon and milk, with a teaspoonful of. mrs. f w. cousens NAPOLEON BUONA-PARTE BY TALI FLORA Photograph by T. Full. cream to every half pint, is the best sub-stitute for bitches milk, being, indeed, thechemical equivalent. Warmth is very essen-tial for the first fortnight ; the use of blanketsand hot water bottles must be employed un-less the pups are well mothered by their owndam or a foster-mother, or if the weather becold. Directly the puppies are weaned acertain proportion of lean, raw, scraped meatshould be given, as well as Bengers Foodmade with milk, Plasmon wholemeal bis-cuits soaked in milk. Force and milk, andbread and milk. Feed every two or threehours at first, keeping the puppies warmand dry. At four months old three mealsa day should suffice, then give Sprattspuppy biscuits dry and broken up, good gravy or soup poured over stale b
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