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the window can be raised six or eight inches if necessary, 

 and the air admitted at the lower aperture and between 

 the two sashes will be directed upward. Or if the win- 

 dows are small and intended especially for ventilation, 

 such owner will see to it that they are hinged at the 

 lower edge on the inside and provided with a deep frame, 

 to prevent side draughts, and adjustable chains, that they 

 may be opened and fixed at any desired angle. 



The importance of cleanliness deserves as strong 

 emphasis, and in fact no amount of ventilation will keep 

 the air good in quarters that are not clean. 



Where a mother is correct in her habits and allowed to 

 go in and out at will, cleanliness is easily maintained 

 during the first three weeks, and there is but little to do 

 aside from renewing the bedding daily and changing the 

 platforms every two or three days. But when she no 

 longer cleans up after her little ones it will be necessary 

 to look to the floors every day. 



He who has two rooms or pens, to be occupied by the 

 mother and puppies on alternate days after the first week, 

 is especially fortunate, for one can be used while the floor 

 of the other is being disinfected and well dried. In the 

 absence of such favorable conditions all filth should be 

 removed daily and the floor beneath mopped with a cloth 

 wet with the permanganate of potassium solution, the for- 

 mula of which is given in chapter on " Kennelling." 

 Disinfectants in powdered form would greatly favor con- 

 venience, but obviously it would be inexpedient to use 

 them where the puppies were very young ; nor is it 

 expedient to use sawdust, dry sand or the like on the 

 floors before the fifth or sixth week, for the reason that 

 many of the particles would get into the little ones' 

 mouths, and, swallowed, cause indigestion. 



While on the subject of cleanliness it will be as well to 



