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ture as well as one which has long and thick hair. 

 Quarters accessible to the sun's rays for several hours 

 daily are comfortable with less heat than those to which 

 they are denied or only admitted for a short time. 

 Finally, there is a decided difference in sleeping quar- 

 ters and bedding materials. 



Weighing the matter carefully, one ought not to be in 

 doubt as to the degree of warmth required by his puppies, 

 but if so, let him give the little ones the benefit of it and 

 add five or ten degrees to his estimate, remembering 

 always that they can bear quite a high degree with benefit, 

 whereas a low degree will positively ruin them. Let him 

 accept, also, that if puppies are put into too cold a place 

 their lives will be spent in sleeping, huddled up to each 

 other trying to keep warm, whereas if they are in a warm 

 place they are far more likely to be up and on the move 

 — the importance of which condition has been duly 

 emphasized in the discussions on feeding. 



But the responsibility bearing in this direction does not, 

 by any means, cease with the fifth or sixth month, for 

 even although puppies are then fairly well able to resist 

 cold when applied for short intervals, they must inevi- 

 tably suffer from prolonged exposures ; and, besides, they 

 still imperatively need the vitality-giving influence of 

 heat. Hence the conclusion that their quarters should 

 be kept comfortably warm even up to the age of maturity. 



There are doubtless some breeding only in a small way 

 who are so situated that it would be simply impossible for 

 them to provide heated quarters for their puppies after 

 they have been weaned, although previous to that time 

 they might give them a place by the kitchen fire. Such 

 being the case they should obtain a packing case made of 

 matched boards, cut a hole in it large enough merely 

 for the puppies, and curtain the same with a piece of 

 carpeting. 



