124 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



top covering may be of chicken wire in any case. 



Sucli a yard is far preferable to a chain, or a 

 wire with ring and chain. The plain chain keeps 

 the dog too confined, and is forever getting him 

 womid up around something; the wire runway 

 with ring and short chain I never found much bet- 

 ter approved of by my canine dependents, for 

 they would always sit down and bark, at the end 

 of the contrivance nearest the house, seldom util- 

 ising its possibilities for exercise. But the yard 

 permits free, if limited, roaming, and a pair of 

 dogs will always get a lot of exercise, wrestling 

 with each other, even in the narrow confines of 

 the yard. Dogs form strong friendships among 

 themselves, and a pair of them will keep each 

 other in good condition, wrestling and pretending 

 to chew each other, off and on, all day, varying the 

 exercise by periods of sleeping in the sun. And 

 the yard is the only solution of the wandering 

 and adventurous puppy problem. If you have a 

 brood matron instead of a pair of hunting dogs, 

 this kennel and its yard will be of the best design 

 for rearing litters of pups. 



As accessories, the yard will want three things : 

 a resting bench; a roost made of straw piled up 

 on some elevation like a packing box upon which 

 they can jump up to or down from; and a urinal 



