Teresa Muyert, age 7, of Revelstoke, B.C., Canada, for her question:

How can I take the best care of two puppies?

Mamma dogs prefer to have their babies in early spring and about eight weeks later the puppies are ready for adoption. Right now, a lot of Andy's readers are busy helping a mystified little puppy to feel at home with his own    his very own human family.

A new puppy in the family is a wonder and, naturally, two new puppies are twice as wondrous. The proper care of the new arrivals begins the very first day. For a few weeks, there may be times when you think that the frisky fellows are not worth all the time and trouble you spend on them, but you soon forgive them and get back your patience. Your little rascals learn fast. If you tend them with loving care and train them with gentle patience, by the end of summer they will be behaving like the dogs of your dreams.

You do not have to teach them the most important item in the program    which is affection. You love them and they know it. And your puppies know a lot about loving too. In fact, part of their training is teaching them to control their bubbling, boisterous affection. That lesson is learned bit by bit. In the meantime you must cope with the problems of their food and shelter. Most pet dogs share the home with the other members of the family, although some have clean and cozy dog houses of their own.

You do not have to teach your hungry pups to eat, but you must choose and serve their food. Their good health depends upon the proper diet. From the time they are old enough to leave their mother and be adopted into a family, they need a mixed and varied diet. They need meal, perhaps made from ground up dog biscuits, served soaked in milk or soup. They need meat, such as chopped beef or chicken, liver and kidney and also boiled eggs. They need daily helpings of different vegetables. For baby puppies, the vegetables should be mashed. And every day they need fresh or canned milk.

Until they are three months old, your pups need four meals a day. Breakfast is meal and milk. Lunch is meat and breadcrumbs. Dinner is another meal and milk. Supper is meat with bread or crusty toast. Try to serve meals at regular times and give the hungry rascals 20 minutes to clean their plates. Never leave their dirty dishes or uneaten food around, but always set a pan of clean water where they can lap up a fresh drink between meals. At three months, your pups can change to three meals a day and at six months they need only two.

Proper feeding builds healthy dogs, but the best fed dog may get sick. Prepare in advance by taking your puppies to a veterinarian. He will give them the shots they need and list them as his patients. Later, if they get sick or hurt, the dogs and their doctor will be old friends.

Your day by day chores are to provide food and patient training for pour pups. But their doctor also plays an important part in their care. Dogs come down with doggie diseases that are often fatal. Their doctor can prevent such disasters by injecting them with certain medicines. It is only fair to see that your puppies get the shots that their doctor orders. Some states say that a dog must have his shots by a certain age, as well as the usual dog license.