lOO KENNEL SECRETS. 



After puppies are three months old, at all times when 

 the weather is fine they can be allowed to leave their ken- 

 nels at will and enter their yards, each of which should be 

 provided with a low bench for them to lie on when tired 

 of play, and an old piece of canvas or something of the 

 sort to cover a corner of the enclosure on very hot days. 

 But younger puppies must not be turned into yards and 

 left to themselves, for were it done and they permitted to 

 lie on flags or concrete, even in hot weather they would 

 be likely to suffer serious injury in consequence. There- 

 fore always while these youngsters are out they should 

 be kept on the move and returned to quarters for their 

 naps. 



When it is impossible to provide a yard with a hard sur- 

 face and the other conditions — ample sunlight, etc. — 

 advised, instead of using indifferent quarters the owner 

 should give the puppies the run of his own dooryard and 

 lawns, being careful always while yet they are very young 

 not to let them out until the ground is dry. And he 

 should keep in mind the fact, already made prominent in 

 " Feeding," that in order that puppies may be generously 

 fed and thrive as they ought and come up firm and strong 

 on good and shapely legs and feet they must be kept on 

 the move much of the time between daylight and dark. 



A yard suitable for older puppies and mature dogs has 

 certain conditions which are important enough to deserve 

 description here. 



It goes without saying that in every instance it should 

 be as large as possible. For dogs of varieties of fairly 

 good size, pickets three or four inches in width and eight 

 feet long may be used in building the fence ; and they, by 

 the way, should be nailed on inside the rails. 



After the posts have been set in place a trench not less 

 than one foot in depth should be dug between them in 



