12 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
KENNEL-ARRANGEMENT. 
In dealing with this subject I shall merely make a few 
passing practical remarks on ordinary kennel-arrangement, 
though they are not particularly applicable to one breed 
more than another. 
The kennel should neither have an easterly unsheltered 
aspect nor damp foundation. If dogs so placed escape 
kennel lameness and rheumatism, it is more from mere 
chance or constitution, than from the sanitary condition of 
the locality. Good air, dry atmosphere, and sunlight are 
as essential to health and spirits in the canine as the 
human subject. It is all very well to argue as what dogs 
are in a state of nature and what they are in the domestic — 
state. Nature and art in kennel-management are not com- 
patible. The South Sea Islander thrives in the hot humid 
atmosphere to which he is indigenous, and becomes fat 
upon the flesh of his own species; but he must be 
artificialised, so to speak, and civilized before he can ac- 
commodate himself to our colder latitudes and description 
of food. So with the dog; domestication produces in him 
a like result; he accommodates himself to it because he 
is artificialised ; give him the bare ground for his bed, ex- 
pose him to bleak cold winds, and allow no shelter 
from wet, and disease will inevitably follow. 
The kennel, then, should be dry, sunny, and cheerful, 
this is especially necessary for puppies, for the circum- 
stances under which they attain their growth, as will be 
hereafter mentioned, will influence their disposition when 
they arrive at maturity. : 
The benches should be elevated at least eighteen inches . 
above the ground, and the planks either drilled with holes 
or placed an inch apart for the escape of wet, and for venti- 
lation of the bed. A strip of wood along the edge will 
keep the bedding on, and prevent puppies from slipping 
