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with a snaffle hook. Then although held in check he has 

 still quite a range. 



The amount of exercise required by dogs varies in the 

 different breeds also in different members of the same 

 breed, therefore it would be quite as impossible to fix a 

 rule applicable to all as it would be to fashion a mask that 

 would fit the faces of all mankind. The largest dogs as a 

 whole are singularly sluggish and inactive if left to them- 

 selves, consequently they are more trouble to their owners, 

 who must take them out at least once a day and give 

 them slow, steady exercise for an hour or more. The 

 smaller varieties, on the other hand, are in the habit of 

 leaping and scampering about as soon as they are released, 

 and therefore make considerable exercise for themselves 

 in a comparatively short time. 



But a wide distinction must be made between the sport- 

 ing and non-sporting in the matter of exercise. Both 

 varieties must have it, yet a denial falls far more heavily 

 on the former than on the latter, for as a whole they have 

 a very much greater fund of energy and spirits, and when 

 restrained become nervous and restless, and in conse- 

 quence more or less physically deranged. And to them a 

 spin of from five to ten miles at least ought to be given 

 every day in order to keep them good and hard ; while 

 they would be all the better were the distance twice as 

 great. 



The fact must not be lost sight of that to obtain 

 the greatest good from exercise it must be made attrac- 

 tive and enjoyable. Considering which it is advisable to 

 take all dogs of whatever varieties for long strolls as often 

 as possible ; and where spins are out of the question, if 

 these outings are indulged in two or three times a week 

 and on the intervening days the dogs are let loose and 

 encouraged to exercise themselves vigorously for half an 



