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consideration. Let the kennel stand facing the south, south-west, 

 or west, not to the north or east, if the dog's life is valued. 



Should an amateur carpenter attempt to make the kennel 

 described, he may possibly experience some difficulty in obtaining 

 the iron railing for the front of the run. If this be the case, stout 

 galvanised wire netting (sheep netting) may be substituted, but 

 it must be carefully put on, with its edges sandwiched between a 

 batten of wood and the frame of the kennel, and it must be the 

 very stoutest gauge procurable, or it will not last long. 



Two or three good coats of oil paint, or a coating of Stockholm 

 tar (not gas-tar), will protect the outer walls from the weather, 

 and a fresh coat should be laid on at least once a year. Ventilation 



FIG. 89. HEAD OF CHAMPION BOOMERANG. 



must on no account be forgotten. If the trap is kept closed at night, 

 there must be some holes in the sliding panel, and there must also 

 be ventilation holes above the doorway, or in some other convenient 

 place near the roof. 



The dog owner who is ambitious of becoming a successful 

 breeder must carefully study all the various points of the dog 

 he fancies, and, by judicious mating, seek to improve upon the bad 

 or weak points possessed by the dam, by securing as a mate 

 a dog who excels and whose ancestors have excelled in those 

 particular points. This is the rule of successful breeding in brief, 

 and while it applies to all other breeds, it certainly applies with 

 much force to the successful breeding of Bulldogs. 



The portraits that illustrate these pages are of three Bulldog 



