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two at walk are evidence of neglect on the part of 

 the huntsman. 



The sooner puppies are sent out to walk after they 

 are eight weeks old the better. 



When breeding is carried on extensively, it would 

 be a great advantage if the kennel was surrounded 

 by fields that belonged to the establishment, and, in 

 fact, it would be all the better if there was a farm 

 of at least a hundred acres attached. The whelps, 

 with their mothers, should be given wooden kennels, 

 which should be placed in the fields, and constantly 

 moved. Each kennel to have its run fenced high 

 enough to keep the pups from straying too far, but 

 allowing the mother to jump out. The runs should 

 be fenced with wood and not wire, which I consider 

 injurious to feet. Besides the benefit to whelps of 

 having fresh and unsoiled ground, a farm that be- 

 longed to the kennel, or that was occupied by the 

 master, would be exceedingly useful for walking out 

 hounds, and much early schooling of the young entry 

 might be done there. Few sheep owners care to see 

 their flocks chased, even when no actual damage is 

 done, and the young hound that is never off the road 

 cannot be expected to look on a sheep as a domestic 

 animal when he sees it for the first time. If he were 

 accustomed to seeing the hunt flock, and knew he was 

 not allowed to chase them, he would be unlikely to 

 transgress in the hunting field. 



Marking the pups before they go to walk is an im- 

 portant detail which should not be forgotten. The 

 old custom of marking litters by the removal of 

 certain portions inside the ear is dying out, and 

 tattooing has taken its place. The ear grows con- 

 siderably after six weeks, and it is in consequence 



