Cites Wheatmeat
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'The following letter from a Shropshire correspondent is of general interest:

During the past three years I have been experimenting on th euse of shredded wheat for puppies. From birth till about four weeks of age I have left them with the bitch, and then started supplementing her milk with a feed of some well-known milk food. At five weeks I have then introduced shredded wheat to the milk food, until at seven weeks I have got the puppies on to a diet of shredded wheat and cows’ milk. The bone and teeth formation of all puppies treated this way have been very pronounced. From eight weeks on I have fed them as follows: Morning, ½ pint of milk and ½ shredded wheats; midday, Spratt’s Wheat Meat, with gravy or rabbit, or fish broth, to which has been added chopped green stuff raw; evening, shredded wheat and milk. About twice a week a small quantity of raw meat. My Collie bitch reared on this diet is now eighteen months old, and weighs 55lb.

 

It is evident from the foregoing that the system of rearing described suits the writer’s puppies very well. I assume that Collies are referred to. We must not forget that the feeding of both nursing bitches and their puppies must depend to some extent on the breed.’

Cites Lactol
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'From time to time questions reach me about feeding puppies, and particularly as to the value of cows’ milk and goats’ milk for motherless whelps. Here is a table showing the average composition of the milk in various female mammals...

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From the foregoing it will be easy to see how much richer bitches’ milk is both in casein and in fat than the milk of any other domestic animal. It contains, however, much less sugar than any of the others. Will readers of these “Notes” please cut out the above table, and keep it for reference in case it may happen that I shall want to mention it on future occasions?

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The following letter from a Shropshire correspondent is of general interest:-

During the past three years I have been experimenting on th euse of shredded wheat for puppies. From birth till about four weeks of age I have left them with the bitch, and then started supplementing her milk with a feed of some well-known milk food. At five weeks I have then introduced shredded wheat to the milk food, until at seven weeks I have got the puppies on to a diet of shredded wheat and cows’ milk. The bone and teeth formation of all puppies treated this way have been very pronounced. From eight weeks on I have fed them as follows: Morning, ½ pint of milk and ½ shredded wheats; midday, Spratt’s Wheat Meat, with gravy or rabbit, or fish broth, to which has been added chopped green stuff raw; evening, shredded wheat and milk. About twice a week a small quantity of raw meat. My Collie bitch reared on this diet is now eighteen months old, and weighs 55lb.

It is evident from the foregoing that the system of rearing described suits the writer’s puppies very well. I assume that Collies are referred to. We must not forget that the feeding of both nursing bitches and their puppies must depend to some extent on the breed.’