KENNEL CONSTRUCTION 123 



for it is unmercifully cold. The only proper berth 

 is a low wooden bunk with 4-inch rail and a mat- 

 tress laid in it. This bunk must not be so high 

 off the floor that it will let a dog crawl under it: 

 4 inches high is plenty. If made in an ell for two 

 dogs, of the dimensions given in the plan, it will 

 permit them to curl up together on cold nights and 

 lie apart on warm ones. The partition between 

 the two bunks across the ell should, of course, be 

 omitted and the bottom board match up fairly. 

 The bottoms should also be of tongue-and-groove 

 stock, so as to prevent air cracks. 



For a yard for both this kennel and the smaller 

 one first described, a covered runway will be the 

 most economical scheme. The four main posts of 

 the yard need to be set down at least 2 feet, and a 

 trench dug from one post to the next. Stout 

 square-mesh chicken wire is then run from post 

 to post and the earth tamped back. Foot boards 

 are then run outside the posts and the mesh com- 

 ing out of the ground is tacked to these with 

 staples. A top rail is run around the top of the 

 posts — about 4 feet high is good enough — and the 

 wire fencing staple from running board to top rail. 

 Any one of the heavy wire farm fencings will do, 

 and if puppies are to be kept in the yard it must 

 be reinforced 2 feet up with chicken wire. The 



