CHAPTER VII 



KENNEL. CONSTRUCTION 



It is wonderful how some time-lioiioiired de- 

 signs persist, regardless of their logical fitness for 

 the purpose intended. People copy and copy, 

 generation after generation, without ever once 

 giving a thought to possibly getting up something 

 better. One of these time-honoured traditions is 

 the dog kennel. Every one has seen one and car- 

 ries with him a mental picture of how one looks. 

 Perhaps our childhood readers and story books 

 are responsible for the persistency of this design. 

 We can all recall the pictures of Fido's kennel, 

 and to even suggest to any man that he does not 

 know how to build one would be to call down wrath 

 and scorn on the daring heretic's head. We all 

 know how a kennel looks — a sort of tiny gable 

 house, with a large round hole in one end. It is 

 the accepted design, and, alas ! the worst one that 

 could be devised, if you asked dumb Fido's opin- 

 ion about it. That round door hole in the front ! 

 — how many rheumatic spots and liver chills has 



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