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features of the English standard, but discloses the fact 

 that continental capacity for taking pains is greater 

 there than in Great Britain. 



Kennel Management and Hygiene. — Anyone con- 

 templating the formation of a kennel of Dachshunds 

 should endeavour to select as the foundation-stone 

 for such kennel a fashionable brood bitch or two, 

 and mate these with suitable sires. The constitution 

 of the Dachshund is not particularly hardy, more 

 especially in strains which have been a good deal 

 inbred, nevertheless these hounds cannot be con- 

 sidered as specially difficult to rear, provided that due 

 attention is paid to kennel management in general. 

 The best time of year to breed from bitches is the 

 spring, so that the offspring will have the advantages 

 of the summer weather for exercises and to attain 

 a fair degree of development before the ensuing 

 winter, in this manner fortifying the constitution 

 against the ravages of such diseases as distemper, 

 etc. Dachshunds over twelve months old should 

 be fed night and morning, and a frequent change of 

 food is most beneficial. Half a pound of flesh for 

 each hound, mixed up with a quarter of a pound of 

 soaked stale bread, or the same quantity of Spratt's 

 hound meal, will be found suitable for the evening 

 meal, whilst in the morning biscuits soaked in gravy, 

 or Spratt's oval biscuits given dry, will make an 

 economical and efficient food. Young hounds should 



