670 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



Nothing is of greater consequence to the health and effi- 

 ciency of dogs than cleanliness. Their kennels ought to be 

 frequently replenished with dry and clean straw, and their 

 apartments well aired. Their beds should, if possible, be 

 placed on a wooden bench, or, at least, on some dry place. 

 On attention to cleanliness also depends the perfection of 

 their olfactory nerves, and sense of smelling ; for if accus- 

 tomed to disagreeable effluvia, a dog will be ill-adapted to 

 trace the fail of a deer, or scent of a fox, through greasy 

 fallows or ground tainted by the grazing of sheep. 



OF TRAmiNG FOXHOUND>S. 



The first thing to be attended to in young dogs of all kinds, 

 is to make them understand their names well, and answer to 

 them, before training, for which they should be rewarded and 

 caressed. After foxhounds have learned to follow freely, they 

 should be coupled, and led out amongst sheep, deer, &c., 

 and made to understand that such is not their game. But 

 when they have arrived at the locality where sheep and deer 

 are, they must be let loose, and only a few at a time ; and 

 if they attempt to run after them, they must be severely 

 chastised, and the cry of 'ware sheep, be often repeated to 

 them, which cry will generally, on future occasions, have the 

 effect of stopping them from sheep-running, without the ne- 

 cessity of using the whip. Great care is necessary at the 

 offset, to prevent them from worrying a sheep, which they 

 will sometimes do under the management of careless train- 

 ers. If they are allowed to taste the blood, it will be very 

 difficult afterwards to break them of this bad habit. 



Young hounds should be often walked about the courts 

 of the kennel, followed by the whipper-in, who ought to 

 rate them after the huntsmen. They should also be fre- 

 quently taken out with people on foot, which teaches them 



