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32. Nail the side boards and the slants to these 

 posts, making them flush with the posts. As one 

 slant will have a tongue and the other groove, you 

 will have to watch out for this in knocking to- 

 gether the two ends, so that the tongues are up at 

 one end, and the grooves up at the other. The next 

 thing to go on is the back — three boards 36 inches 

 long and nailed to the ends and their posts. A lintel 

 is now needed, joining the two upper front cor- 

 ners, and this is simply the uppermost board of the 

 front, 36 inches long, and nailed across the ends 

 and posts. You are then ready for the roof, which 

 is made of five boards 36 inches long, overhanging 

 front and back 6 inches, and at the ends 2 inches 

 each. The kennel can now be set up in its perma- 

 nent location, and this is best with a south expo- 

 sure to the front, and its back protected against 

 north breezes by barn or house corner, or the back 

 fence will do if not of pickets. 



To finish the front you first need a post, put in 

 from the left-over two-inch stock. The dog door 

 will do nicely if ten inches wide by 16 inches high, 

 for even a very large dog can easily squirm 

 through such an opening, and there is no sense in 

 making it large enough to walk through at full 

 height like a house door. The post is then put in 

 with its edge ten inches from the left hand end of 



