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it inflicted upon the poor dog, when the wind hap- 

 pens to be blowing into the month of the kennel ! 

 Put in a curtain with a sanded hem, how long will 

 it stay there, and how soon will it be repaired 

 when once rent and torn? Those dark dirty cor- 

 ners, unreachable to clean properly, forever un- 

 visited by the sun's germ-killing rays, forever a 

 breeding place for hordes of fleas — how many 

 dead and miserable pets are chargeable to them 

 alone ! And once Fido learns that his kennel is a 

 place to which he can bolt to escape punishment, 

 from which he can neither be dislodged nor 

 coaxed, how long can you maintain discipline over 

 him! And then in summer — did you ever try to 

 sleep in a closed tent in midsummer, with a small 

 door the only opening? recall it, once, and then 

 picture to yourself what a suffocating hot-box that 

 kennel is and will be, far into a hot summer night ! 

 No ; we must give our kennel far more thought 

 than that. It costs just the same in boards, nails, 

 time and tar paper to build a rotten kennel as to 

 build a fine, sanitary, sensible one, wherefore, in 

 the name of common sense, let's have a good one! 

 Did it ever occur to you to turn the kennel side- 

 ways, close up the ends tight, and put the door in 

 the side, at one end, as a possible improvement? 

 If your bed is around the corner, as it were, there 



