Cited by Medicus, 'Notes for Novices: The Hand-Rearing of Puppies', Our Dogs 84 (19th June 1931), p. 879.
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‘I made a promise recently that I would write on the subject of hand-rearing of puppies. The matter is one of perpetual interest to novices, and if I repeat now a good deal of what I have previously said on the subject, regular readers of this column must forgive me, and bear in mind that there is a constant stream of newcomers into the fancy, and therefore, of new readers of Our Dogs who had probably not been reading these “Notes” for any considerable time.'

 

Relevant passage from previous article:

'W.C.S., the writer of a letter to Our Dogs asking for advice [on food]... suggests that “as his case is one of many he has heard about, a short article on this subject would be of great value to many readers.” The Editor has accordingly sent on “W.C.S.’s” letter to me, after replying to it in the usual way in the “Veterinary Replies” column, with a request that I should deal with the subject generally. Let “W.C.S.,” then, first state his own case:-

I have now in whelp a bitch who is rather shy. The last litter she had were all lost. She had plenty of milk and the puppies were all healthy and strong. I could not get her to lie down to enable the puppies to get near her teats. She simply stood over them, the consequence being that they died from the want of nourishment. If this should happen again I intend to hand-rear them. I should like to know the proper method and procedure in such a case, more particularly the milk used and quantity. How often to feed and any information that is likely to be of any use in such a case.

Well, obviously, the first piece of sound advice to meet a case of that sort has already been given – for I see that “W.C.S.” was told in the veterinary advice column to take steps to have a foster-mother ready in case of emergency. That goes without saying, because there may well be some particular reason why the bitch stood over her whelps in the manner described, instead of giving them access to their nourishment in the usual way, and that particular reason may operate again. But what “W.C.S.” apparently wishes to have some information upon – for his own and other readers’ benefit – is how to rear puppies by hand when no foster-mother is available. I think this was dealt with in this column not very long ago; but as it is a matter of general and of recurring interest, I will take an early opportunity of writing about it again.’