EXERCISE. 105 



while in summer it should be much in the shade, for 

 dogs are frequently victims of what is evidently sun- 

 stroke. 



Here, as in puppy yards, frequent cleaning is impera- 

 tively demanded, and especially in hot weather, when the 

 heat acting upon filth makes it literally a hot-bed for dis- 

 ease. And, by the way, the breeder is especially fortu- 

 nate who is so situated that he can provide two kennels 

 and two yards for his puppies so that one set can be used 

 one day, then vacated and thoroughly washed out and left 

 to dry until the following day, when it can be again occu- 

 pied and the other treated in the same manner. 



While insisting that all puppies and dogs should have 

 yards in which to exercise themselves and take the air on 

 pleasant days the fact is duly appreciated that in occa- 

 sional instances this provision will be absolutely impossi- 

 ble ; and these appear in cities, in many sections of which 

 the breathing spaces between the houses are often only a 

 few feet in width, and in which it is the common custom 

 to chain dogs to small out-door kennels during the day 

 and admit them to the kitchens or basements at night. 

 But even in the presence of such unfavorable conditions 

 the owners can manage to lessen somewhat the force of 

 the confinement. 



Where the door-yards of houses are very small the fol- 

 lowing is often resorted to with merciful effect : A post 

 long enough to extend at least six feet above ground is set 

 up ten, twenty or thirty feet — as far as possible from the 

 kennel — and to this post is made fast a telegraph wire. 

 After stringing on the same a strong, well-made ring at 

 least two inches in diameter, the free end of the wire is 

 attached to a building, fence or another post like the first 

 in the rear of the kennel if a small one, while to the ring 

 sliding freely on the wire the chain of the dog is fastened 



