246 USEFUL INFORMATION REGARDING DOGS. 



which some otherwise humane people seem to think a just allowance for 

 the yard dog. The chain should be fastened to a stake about 18 feet from 

 the kennel. 



Should there be no enclosure for your dog to romp in and must 

 therefore be tied up to prevent loafing, straying, or getting coaxed away 

 and stolen, then proceed thus in securing and still enable him to move 

 about tolerably freely: Get a strong wire, ten to forty feet long, slip a 

 ring on it, fasten wire at each end to stout stake, drive the stakes at full 

 stretch of wire into ground to below the surface. Hook the dog's chain 

 to ring running freely on the wire, and your dog can run up and down 

 this course at will. By attaching such a wire to the side of a long wall or 

 house, a runway can be provided in similar manner. The kennel can be 

 placed a few feet beyond the end of long wire so that the dog can get to 

 and into it without needing to be changed. 



Yards for Dogs. — If you have a dog you should also have a yard fenced 

 in. No one living in a city should keep a dog unless they have the yard, 

 except in a case of a small toy dog, that you keep in the house or a flat, 

 and in such cases you must take your dog out for a walk night and morn- 

 ing. No dogs, even the smallest toy, can live right and be healthy if 

 they live indoors and on carpets all their life. They must get their feet 

 on mother earth and a chance at grass. I pity any dog that' has to live in 

 a parlor or a bedroom all his life — for he is in prison, perhaps an elegant 

 prison, but yet it is a prison and the dog is leading an unnatural life and 

 a limited one. A friend of mine who is worth many thousands of dollars 

 to my cents lives in an elegant mansion in Cincinniti, surrounded by large 

 grounds and handsome lawns, but to be fashionable and his place to look 

 to correspond with his fashionable neighbors, he has no fence around it. 

 He owned a very fine St. Bernard and a few days ago the electric car in 

 front of his house killed his dog. Now, if he had had a fence his dog would 

 be living. Your neighbor may have a fine lawn — and no fence — and your 

 dog has no right to trespass on his grounds and destroy his flowers. This 

 neighbor may be one of those unfortunate persons who have something 

 lacking in their general make-up, and does not love dogs (and for this he 

 is to be pitied), and your dog coming into his yard and committing a 

 nuisance or damaging his flowers causes him to some night "drop a but- 

 ton" where your dog gets it and then your dog dies. If you had had a 

 fence and kept your dog where he belonged, your to-be-pitied neighbor 

 (because he does not love dogs) would not have done so and your dog 

 would still be living. If you have a fine lawn in front and must keep up 

 the style of the neighborhood, then at least do the next best thing, viz., 

 fence off a good-sized yard in rear of your house for the dog. This is 

 better and safer than no yard at all and will do all right if large enough, 

 but then take the dog out for a walk once a day at least, which will add 

 to his health and happiness. Dogs have rights, and many of them, but 

 your dog has no right to become a nuisance to your neighbor, and he won't 

 if properly kept and cared for on your own premises. The fence should be 

 so high that there is no danger of the dog jumping it, and your gates should 

 be made self-closing, as your servants or a caller may leave the gate open, 

 and in this way your dog will live and stay where he belongs and has a 

 right to, and can't trespass or get 'himself or his owner into trouble. 



I am sorry to say that there are some people in this enlightened age 

 who do not like dogs. I pity all such, and should you contemplate moving 

 into another neighborhood, before you close the deal for the house first find 

 out if your neighbors on both sides love dogs — if not, don't rent this house, 

 but find one where you will have better neighbors who do love dogs, for 

 these you can trust and the others you could not. If you are living beside 

 people who do not love dogs — watch them closely. 



The only safe plan in such a case is to get up and take a look all over 

 your yard carefully each morning before you let your dog out, for you 

 might find a piece of "fixed" meat or a piece of sponge that had been dipped 

 in grease which, if tae dog picked up and swallowed, would cause a very 



