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dozen generations, and prized very highly by their 

 owners or breeders. 



Whatever the decision come to by an intending 

 keeper of a dog, if it is to be an inmate of the house, 

 and is one of the smaller breeds, a box or basket 

 should be provided in some place free from draughts, 

 and after sprinkling either a little sawdust impregnated 

 with disinfectant, or the disinfectant itself, put in some 

 straw for a bed, this is better and less likely to harbour 

 insect life, than hay, or any kind of rug, or mat. 



But if the dog is to be kept out of doors, obtain one 

 of the improved kennels, with the entrance at the side, 

 which affords a shelter from the wind, rain, and snow, 

 and have a chain constructed with two or, preferably, 

 three swivels in it, that it cannot become twisted up. 

 Many a dog has been injured and even killed by neglect 

 of these little matters. 



Of course, if convenience can be found, it is much 

 better not to tie up a dog at all. No dog of mine, 

 (and I have had hundreds during the last twenty- 

 five years, of almost every known breed) ever catches 

 sight of a collar or chain, except at a show, and, con- 

 trary to the popular idea which I have often heard 

 expressed by sympathisers with the dogs on the show 

 benches, dogs accustomed to exhibition work delight in 

 it, and the sight of a dog's travelling box or basket, or 

 the rattle of a chain, with the show label on it, is suffi- 

 cient to cause the wildest excitement amongst my dogs 

 at any time, each dog hoping it may be his good fortune 

 to go to the show, which they look upon as great enter- 

 tainment. 



