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with perfect dispositions can be allowed to run 

 together. A strange dog must never be placed 

 with them or his days will be numbered. In 

 the summer, of course, no dogs are kept in the 

 upper story, as they would suffer from the heat. 

 Also no bitches in whelp are ever allowed to run 

 together. 



In the other kennel in each pen during the cold 

 weather is a large, tight box, with hole in side, 

 filled with this soft hay, renewed when necessary, 

 in which two dogs sleep very comfortably. The 

 windows in each kennel, as soon as the weather 

 permits, are kept open at the top night and day, 

 and top and bottom while the dogs are out doors 

 in the daytime, and in this way the kennels can 

 be kept perfectly sweet and sanitary. Three 

 times during the year, in spring, midsummer and 

 fall, the kennels are treated with a thorough 

 fumigation of sulphur. We buy bar sulphur by 

 the barrel of a wholesale druggist or importer, 

 and use a good quantity (a small dose does not 

 do much good), keeping the kennel windows 

 and doors tightly closed for twelve hours, after 

 which the building is thoroughly aired before 

 the dogs are returned. Of course, this would 

 not be practical during the winter, nor is it at 

 all necessary. We find that once a week (except 

 of course, during the cold weather), it is a 

 good plan to give the woodwork that the dog 



