Variety in Dog Diets

The average one - dog owner whose pet is fed canned or dried foods,or table scraps with some meat added, will scarcely credit some of the"diets" on which dogs have been maintained in good health. Here are afew, showing simply the diversity of foods that dogs can digest.

In Scandinavia a dog breeder feeds his dogs mostly cooked whole fishwith a little cooked grain.

In Kentucky a fox hunter leads an old mule or worn - out cow over thehill, shoots it, and lets his hounds live on the carcass until only thelarger bones remain. Usually the organs and intestinal contents are firstto disappear.

At a large university the physiology department feeds its dogs canesugar, lard, bone ash, casein, vitamin concentrates, and a mineral mix - ture.

A certain chick hatchery owner feeds his dogs infertile cooked eggsand stale doughnuts from a nearby bakery, with alfalfa - leaf meal mixedin.

A Maine potato farmer gives his dogs boiled small potatoes in theirjackets, mashed and mixed with hamburger and ahlfa meal.

Our dogs can have a diet of dehydrated dog food in meal form and water.

During World War 11 many United States Army dogs were fed onhorscmeat and cornmeal boiled together.

Stray dogs live after a fashion by rummaging through garbage pails. You can preparedthe following menu for her pet: Breakfast: two crumbled zwiebackslices, yolks of two raw eggs, one glass of milk, one vitamin capsule, onecalcium gluconate tablet, and two yeast tablets. Lunch: one half cup ofkibbled dog biscuit soaked in a cup of warm soup made with parsleyand fresh, canned, or frozen spinach, together wills one jar of baby'sliver soup, and one fried lamb chop trimmed of all fat, diced in cubeswith one teaspoonful of cod - liver oil added. Supper: six tablespoonfulsof diced top round, two ounces of tomato juice, one tablespoonful of to accomplish the task. Of course, serious teeth and gum problemsmust be treated by a professional.