THE PUPPY AT WAIvK 



so mucli reckless driving of motors in these times 

 that a puppy runs great risks on the highway. 

 On the farm, the puppy not only has his liberty, 

 but he learns the rudiments of his future business 

 in life, by chasing the hares and rabbits. He 

 also learns that poultry and sheep are tabu. 

 Although hares and rabbits are not his legitimate 

 quarry, they teach the puppy to get his nose down 

 and hunt. Thus when he goes back to kennels he 

 is more than half made and a morning or two 

 cub-hunting soon teaches him to distinguish be- 

 tween riot and fox. 



The more fresh people, sights, and sounds a 

 puppy sees and hears, the less shy will be become, 

 thus he imbibes a spirit of independence and self 

 reliance. In the old days, when hounds were 

 trencher-fed, they lived at their various walks 

 all the year round. Being thus isolated, dis- 

 temper was unknown amongst them, whereas 

 now when they are herded together in kennel, 

 the complaint is rife every season. In the I^akes, 

 the fell hounds, both old and young go out to 

 walk in summer, thus the kennels get a chance to 

 sweeten. 



Whilst the puppy should be well done to when 

 out at walk, he should not be over-cossetted or 

 brought up too artificially. Many puppies are 

 sent in from walk too fat and heavy, and these 

 are the ones which suffer most from distemper. 

 Over-feeding is as bad as under-feeding, for it 

 tends to make the puppy soft, and thus he is 

 unable to combat any complaints to which he 

 may fall heir. 



Puppies in from walk are naturally homesick 

 at the kennels, and heart-broken at the loss of 

 their liberty. For this reason where possible it 

 is advisable to have large paddocks in which the 



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