Evening star., 1933-07-17

upon Q complete raw meat diet. A s.
year-old Boston, for instance, may be
placed upon q diet Of six ounces Of
raw chopped beef, divided into two or
three feelings. with half a slice OF
Melba toast with each feeding. and q
few ounces Of buttermilk, II the dog
will take It,
Depraved appetites in dogs often are
due to nothing but the lack OF raw
meat. Given this, the creature soon
gives over its fondness for strange
things. and Leads q normal dog life:
Tho size Of the dog, and the breed,
has great deal to do with the amount
Of raw meat 1t should have. No gen.
eral advice can be given. Some Of the
smaller breeds do not require more than
tablespoonful . day. but they need
that much.
II q dog is definitely on the down
grade, q course of raw meat may be
larger than when 1t is getting along
nicely.
An amazing pickup" often occurs in
such cases within few weeks. espe-
cially II the dog has been starving lit
orally for certain elements.
Only those who have seen such re-
coveries will be willing to believe them,
perhaps. II 1t happens that raw meat
10 just what Q dog needs then 1t Is
naturally enough the very best "medi-
cine" In the world for him.
After recovery, half Of the meat may
be taken away, to be replaced with
cooked meat at one meal, but the other
half should be retained, and used in at
least one meal daily.
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Nothing takes the place of a natural
diet-and raw meat Is the natural diet
of carnivorous animals.
Often enough dog lovers tend to for
get this, so has civilization tended to
make them overlook the elements, both
in relation to themselves and their
four footed friends.
| Many an otherwise sensible person
tends to become squeamish when con-
teplating raw meat for Pal. He is such
nice dog-surely his meat ought to
be cooked! And then it is so much
easier-and cheaper-to give him scraps
from the table.
| A varied diet, 20 necessary for hu-
mans, is not such fine thing for ami
mails, especially II 1t does not contain
what the carnivorous ones most need
meat in the raw, hence natural, state.
SCRAPS from the table" Is q snare
and a delusion when 1t comes to dog
or cat food. The trouble lies not so
much in the grub itself as in the men,
tai attitude of the dog owner.
The habitual feeding Of such scraps"
make the owner in time regard any old
thing as good enough for his pet.
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He arrives at a mistaken judgment,
that no head work" is necessary, that
the dog will take anything set before
it. and that therefore those who worry
about such things are cranks, and
worse.
Hence 1t comes about that one often
sees dogs in Ill health. querellous dogs,
emaciated dogs, dogs with spindly legs,
for whose cases one prescription would
be sufficient, in an amazing number Of
cases:
More raw meat in the diet"
Such meat, preferably good beef,
should not be ice cold when served, as
SO often is the case when taken from
the refrigerator.
1t should be permitted to warm up
naturally, after which 1t should be
ground. Meat ground or chopped fine
and then permitted to warm up does
not taste As good to dog as meat
ground after warming up. We have
asked several four-legged friends about
this. and they agree heartily with what
may appear to some q strange dictum.