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felt and boarded over again with thin match- 

 boarding. You will then have as cosy a 

 place as canine heart could desire. 



The question next suggesting itself is : 

 What do you propose doing with your dog 

 in the daytime ? If you think of chaining 

 him up I beg you to pause a moment and 

 consider if it is not possible to devise some 

 more humane manner of confining him to a 

 particular spot. If he cannot have free run 

 of garden or yard, and I am quite aware 

 that this is not always feasible, it will not 

 cost you much money to enclose a small 

 space with strong wire-netting, if you do not 

 care to run to the more presentable kennel 

 railings. A few square feet will give Ponto 

 a sense of freedom that he will never experi- 

 ence at the end of a chain, and within that 

 space you must have a wooden bench on 

 which he can lie in fine weather, unless you 

 adopt my suggestion as to a hinged end or 

 side to the kennel itself. 



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