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the duty each has to perform. The messengei d old 



be chained with an eight-foot chain. It gets so inn h «• 

 cise during the twenty-four hours, that it is unnecc 

 and, in fact, undesirable, that it should have any further 

 liberty than this chain affords, as it is really brought to the 

 kennel to rest. The guard and sentry dog, while undei 

 training, should have its kennel placed beside a wire fifty 

 yards in length, and the dog should be attached (.1 this by 

 an eight-foot chain, and a running ring, so that it can run 

 up and down. When drafted out for duty, provision must 

 also be made for exercising each dog, apart from t he exeri 

 it gets on the wire, with which each will be provided. 



Feeding 



A good nourishing diet is of great importance for the 

 dog under training, and the best staple food for the 

 daily menu is cooked horse-flesh and biscuits. The man 

 responsible for the cooking of the food must be a very 

 responsible character, as there is a good deal of judgment 

 and care required in this duty, so as to make the tare 

 tempting. The meat must be fresh, and musi be \ 

 thoroughly boiled in large boilers. The soup resulting from 

 this, should be very strong and good, and the biscnit> should 

 be put in a large receptacle, and the boiling soup should be 

 poured over them. The meat should then be cut up in 

 small pieces and mixed with the soup and biscuits, and 

 the whole stirred well together by a spade. The mixture 

 can then be left to cool. The amount of food 

 to each dog is one pound of dog biscuit and hali unc 



of horse-flesh, and when this is cooked together it wil 

 be found, with the soup, to fill a dog's feeding 

 to the brim. For the average dog, this is quite enou 



