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than three or four together. The whole of this part 
should be boarded and raised 18 in. or 2 ft., with a lining 
of board 1 ft. high, to keep the backs of the dogs from 
the wall. An opening~3 ft. high and 2 ft. wide is left 
for the dogs to goin and out, and this should be provided 
with a wooden door, hinged at the top, and kept partly 
‘open by A-shaped sides, so as to allow the dog to jump 
up and down freely, and yet keeping the wind and rain 
from entering. This is a wonderful improvement on ken- 
‘nel doors, which I introduced, and which ought to be gerie- 
tally adopted, as it is the only plan by which kennel beds 
can be kept clean, and at the same time airy, without 
admitting the rain and wind. When the bed is to be re- 
moved, the door with its sides is lifted up, and the atten- 
dant easily enters. 
Management of Pet Dogs. 
The food of pet dogs is almost always too heating in its 
_nature, considering that they are generally deprived of a. 
proper amount of exercise. 
I am sometimes induced for. the sake of brevity to 
recommend correspondents to diet their dogs as they do 
their children. But unfortunately the latter are also often 
‘crammed with all sorts of improper articles of food; and 
I should perhaps be less liable to mislead my readers if I 
advised them to give their dogs the same kind of food 
which they would think right for the children of their ac- 
quaintances. Theory and practice are often widely sepa- 
rated, and many a mother is so weak as to allow her own 
child. to tease her into giving creams and pastry, which rhe 
‘would, “on principle,” refuse to another not holding the 
same power over her maternal feelings. We all know how 
well bachelors’ wives and old maids’ children are managed, 
and therefore. I would ina few words wind up the general 
principles of managing pet dogs by suggesting that, if the 
plans so often recommended by the wise virgins of this 
world for feeding their nephews and nieces are carried out 
in favour of pet dogs, a great improvement will be effected 
in their health and appearance, 
