CHAPTER VI. 



KENNELLING. 



Health is the dog's natural condition and he would 

 rarely know any other were he given freedom and left to 

 himself. But he is put under restraint, his supply of sun- 

 shine and pure air narrowed, and he is exposed to other 

 unfriendly influences which must draw him away from 

 Nature, — who is constantly struggling to keep him and 

 all others in her domain free from ills, — and of these influ- 

 ences some of the most potent lie in the familiar and 

 faulty kennel conditions. 



"Any place is good enough for a dog" is an expression 

 which one hears with distressing frequency, yet it is 

 scarcely more contemptible than the practices of many 

 who pretend to care for him yet house him through all 

 seasons in small boxes which scarcely afford more than 

 mere covering, or in out-buildings, cold, draughty, damp, 

 ill-kept and contaminated with emanations that must 

 inevitably, sooner or later, undermine his constitution 

 and impoverish his health, as well as make him a ready 

 victim to inflammatory diseases. 



No valid excuse can be given for faulty kennelling, no 



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