HOUNDS AND TERRIERS 



summer, and both the season of the year and the 

 work itself do not make so great a call on their 

 powers as does the chase of the fox in winter. 

 During the off season, otterhounds should be 

 exercised for two or three hours daily, and as 

 the hunting season approaches the exercise can 

 be gradually lengthened. With a pack of cross- 

 bred, Welsh, or English foxhounds, it is possible 

 to hunt otters in summer and fox in winter, and 

 where this can be done, hounds will, of course, 

 keep perfectly fit. In the case of the fell-fox- 

 hounds, those hunting otter in summer return to 

 their own kennels for the winter fox-catching. 

 As far as food is concerned, this should always 

 be given thick, rather than soft and sloppy. 

 Hounds splash " slop " into their eyes, and get 

 particles of it up their nostrils, to the detriment 

 of both sight and olfactory powers. On the 

 return from hunting, cuts and bruises should be 

 attended to, and thorns, etc., extracted. Hounds' 

 coats should also be brushed, and burrs, etc., 



removed. Rough hounds require more looking 



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