There is a right and a wrong way in which to pick up and carry a puppy. To pick him up by the scruff of the neck is both wrong and unkind.

Place your right hand under his tummy, lift him up, then form a crook with your elbow, and hold the puppy dose to your body with the right forearm, so that the elbow and fore­arm make a kind of cradle in which the puppy will feel safe and secure. Place the right hand across his chest (not between his two front legs) and hold him secure by putting your hand on the lower part of his hide shoulder and upper part of his foreleg. In this way he is safe and under your absolute con­trol.

Children should be taught how to do this, and should not be allowed to pick up a puppy unless they are old enough to learn how to do it correctly. Many a puppy has been perma­nently injured, and even killed, by being dropped.