CHAPTER III, 



KENNELING 



It goes without saying that any place is not 

 good enough for a dog, although when one 

 considers the way some dogs are housed in 

 small, dark outbuildings, or damp, ill-lighted 

 and poorly ventilated cellars, or even perhaps 

 worse, in old barrels or discarded drygoods 

 boxes in some out-of-the-way corner, it is not 

 surprising the quality of the puppies raised in 

 them. 



A great many people who only keep one or 

 two dogs keep them in the kitchen or living 

 room, and here, of course, conditions are all 

 right, but the fancier who keeps any consider- 

 able number will find that it pays to house his 

 dogs in a comfortable, roomy, dry building, free 

 from draughts, on high lands (with a gravel 

 foundation, if possible), that can be flooded 

 with sunshine and fresh air. Such a kennel can 

 be simple or elaborate in construction, severely 

 plain or ornamental in its architecture, but it 

 must possess the above characteristics in order 

 to have its occupants kept in the pink of condi- 



