24 Modern Breaking 



themselves and be healthier and happier than 

 if confined alone, hour after hour, to fret and 

 worry with no break in the monotony except an 

 occasional visit of the owner or attendant. 



In building a kennel for one or two dogs, the 

 lumber should be doubled, with an inner lining 

 of tar board. The entrance should be at -the 

 side, with a board placed on the inside at right 

 angles to the entrance, so as to act as a wind- 

 break. Or, better still, there should be a door 

 that will swing both ways. A piece of heavy 

 canvas may be hung over the door, that the 

 dog soon will learn to push aside when desiring 

 to enter. The kennel can be made with a 

 removable top, so that the bedding can be 

 removed easily and the inside washed, disin- 

 fected and whitewashed. 



A' kerosene barrel makes a very good tempo- 

 rary kennel. A few shavings burned inside of 

 it and then extinguished by turning the barrel 

 upside down will thoroughly cleanse it. It is 

 warm, as well as water and wind proof. In 

 cold weather a canvas flap should be hung over 

 the opening. If the kennel is placed under a 

 shed open to the south, so much the better, as 

 it will then be warmer in Winter and cooler in 

 Summer and the shed affords protection from 

 either rain or sun, without forcing the dog to 

 take refuge in its kennel. In cold weather the 

 kennel should be placed inside of a room. 



