THE DOG 



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it is best to separate the sexes not by a railing 



but by a stone wall, through which they cannot 



see each other. In large kennels, where packs 



of sporting or hunting clogs are kept (foxhounds, 



for instance), a dozen are often 



put together ; but in such 



kennels the conditions differ 



in many respects from those 



elsewhere. It is curious to see 



and hear, once or twice a day, 



the whole pack of these 



hounds give a sudden bark 



without apparent cause. A 



few will begin, and soon the 



noise (full cry) is deafening ; 



then it ceases as suddenly as 



it began. Each set of dogs 



seems to know not only its own name but the 



names of the other sets. In the evening, when 



the dogs return in charge of their keepers, the 



young dogs will go to their own quarters at 



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the command "Hounds! hounds!" the male 

 dogs enter their quarters. The training of 

 dogs, especially ])ointers, is always admirable 

 in kennels of a certain size. 



VIII. Indjspensable Akti- 

 (. f.ES Ff>R THE Kennel 



]-iesides the ordinary im- 

 plements ff)r cleaning there 

 ought to be in e\'ery kennel 

 plenty of water and disinfec- 

 tants, also brushes, combs, 

 and leather or india-rubber 

 glox'cs. These articles should 

 be kept in some fixed, clean 

 place apart, for it often hap- 

 pens that servants will use 

 them for all sorts of purposes for which they 

 were not intended. If the kennel is large, it is 

 easy to make a place for them ; and if there is 

 plenty of room, the food of the dogs — biscuit, 



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the call of "Pups-! pups!" Next follows the meat, eggs, bone dust — and some medicaments 

 summons of "Ladies, come in!" and all the may also be kept there. The biscuit must, of 

 females press in to their retreat. Lastly, at course, be kept dry, the meat protected from 



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