PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT. 



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The method may be employed with advan- 

 tage in the garden for several dogs, a 

 separate rope being used for each. Un- 

 friendly dogs can thus be ' kept safely 

 apart and still be to some extent at liberty. 



A POPULAR AND CONVENIENT FORM OF 

 KENNEL FOR TERRIERS OR FOR BREEDING. 



(SPRATT'S NO. 147.) 



There is no obvious advantage in keep- 

 ing a watch-dog on the chain rather than 

 in an enclosed compound, unless he is ex- 

 pected to go for a possible burglar and 

 attack him. A wire netting enclosure can 

 easily be constructed at very little expense. 

 For the more powerful dogs the use of 

 wrought-iron railings is advisable, and 



capacity, and price that a choice can only 

 be determined by the dog-owner's require- 

 ments. A loose box makes an admirable 

 kennel for a large dog, and a stable with 

 its range of stalls can always be converted 

 into a dog-house. If two or three Terriers 

 are kept, a small lean-to shed, combining 

 a sleeping-room and a covered run, should 

 serve. Spratt's No. 147 is a convenient 

 type. It is cosy, well-ventilated, and easily 

 kept clean. Such a kennel is as good as 

 any for the accommodation of a brood 

 bitch and her family. The floor of the run 

 should be paved with concrete, and for 

 warmth in winter this jnay be strewn with 

 a layer of peat-dust or Sanitas sawdust, 

 periodically renewed. When the number 

 of dogs kept varies, or when there are dis- 

 agreements and jealousies, it is well to have 

 several of these portable kennels situated 

 in various parts of the garden or grounds ; 

 but they are handy and look well ranged 

 side by side along a blank wall. Many 

 owners and breeders prefer to have their 

 kennels compactly centred under one roof. 

 In such cases the best plan is to have a 

 well-designed building properly constructed 



BOULTON AND PAUL'S HOUND KENNELS. 



these can be procured cheaply from 

 Spratt's or Boulton and Paul's, fitted with 

 gates and with revolving troughs for feeding 

 from the outside. For puppies, which are 

 so destructive to a garden, the movable 

 wire-netting hurdles, such as those referred 

 to by Lady Gifford (ante pp. 223, 224) 

 are to be recommended, the advantage 

 being that the enclosure may be removed 

 to fresh ground every few days. 



Kennels vary so much in construction, 



with bricks. The sleeping apartments and 

 feeding and breeding rooms may be formed 

 in a block from which the separate enclosed 

 yards radiate, or in a quadrangle with the 

 yards in the centre ; but as a rule it is better 

 to have the runs outside, for dogs love to 

 have an outlook upon the world around 

 them. Apart from the expense, there is no 

 reason why the kennels, like the racing 

 stables, should not be ornamental as 

 well as sanitary and convenient. Messrs. 



