450 DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



As before, if gentlemen who purchase broken dogs to shoot 

 over could be impressed with the necessity of exercising good 

 judgment in their management, there would be no difficulty in 

 purchasing good, staunch, well broken dogs. In consequence of 

 mismanagement, many breakers will not sell a dog to any one, un- 

 less they know to a certainty that the purchasers possess skill, 

 and will exercise it. One trainer utterly refuses to break dogs for 

 strangers at any price, for fear the animals will pass into the 

 hands of bunglers, and thus be condemned. 



THE KENNEL. 



It is important that your animal be provided with a proper 

 habitation. It is true a dog can be kept in a barn or stable, but 

 those who keep them there can best inform you whether their 

 dogs are capable of answering the purposes designated. The 

 sense of smell is acute in the dog, and as every odor that salutes 

 the nostrils owes its flavor to the mote-like particles held in sus- 

 pension in the air coming in contact with the sensitive membrane 

 with which the olfactories are lined, we cannot but suppose that 

 the stench of the effete material, decaying vegetable matter, and 

 ammoniacal gases, which constantly originate in and around 

 such buildings, are more or less detrimental to the nose of the 

 animal. 



" The merciful man is merciful to his beast." Exercise that 

 mercy, and build your dog a house in the open air, away from the 

 barnyard, and so far distant from other buildings that they may 

 not interfere with either the sunlight, or circulation of pure fresh 

 air. Give him a large yard to run in, and plenty of grass under 

 foot ; above all see that quitch or dog-grass ( Triticiiin repens), is 

 planted therein, for it will not only be eagerly sought and eaten by 

 the animal, but goes far towards preserving his health. If more 

 than one dog is kept, a building of two rooms may be erected, 

 each opening into separate yards, that one may be occupied while 

 the other is cleaned, or for convenience of separating the sexes. 

 Doors and windows are essential to admit of free entrance ; and a 

 free circulation of air. The bench on which they lie should be 

 fronted that the dogs may not crawl underneath, and provided 

 with plenty of bedding in the shape of straw, shavings or beach 



