The Dog in the House 45 



Management 



Toy dogs, especially Yorkshires, have to be kept almost entirely on 

 the box plan of confinement and with added precautions against injury 

 to coats. These long-coated toys sleep on the boards, for that is not a hard- 

 ship to a dog, and many a dog sleeps on top of his box in preference to 

 lying on the straw provided inside. But with dogs whose value and success 

 at shows depend so much upon the length and fine quality of a coat, the 

 plain wooden floor is necessary. So also is the enfolding of the hind feet 

 in linen bandages covering the toes and preventing them from tearing the 

 valuable hairs by scratching. Some fanciers use a dressing of oil to keep the 

 coat from getting into a tangle, but those most successful in this country 

 do nothing but carefully brush the Yorkshire daily, or even twice a day. 

 Toy spaniels and Pomeranians being stronger in texture of coat, do not 

 call for quite as much care, but still it is wise to use the linen boots on the 

 hind feet, and of course the daily brushing is absolutely essential. 



We have seen no toy kennels so perfect in appointments as those of the 

 Swiss Mountain Kennels of Germantown. The toy kennel as shown is 

 in one of the house rooms also used as an office, so that as a rule some one 

 is about all the time. For exercise the sloping lawn in front of the pre- 

 revolutionary house, so typical of the Germantown district, is neatly wired 

 off from the carriage driveway to the left and along the fence in front of the 

 house, the lawn being kept closely trimmed at all times. The slope to the 

 fence makes the drainage perfect, while in the event of rain the extended 

 porch to the right, shown in the photograph as under an awning, is used 

 for exercising. The whole porch or veranda is wired to keep the little 

 fellows either on or off as may be desired. With toys more than any other 

 breed of dogs, perhaps, "eternal vigilance is the price of success." 



An Outdoor Kennel 



Perhaps the most unique kennel is that Dr. Foote recently had at 

 New Rochelle, consisting of rows of empty kerosene barrels and about 

 thirty yards of galvanised wire strung from a tree behind each barrel to a 

 tree in a parallel line. About twenty dogs were so kept summer and winter, 

 the barrels being sheltered from the sun by the evergreen under which it was 

 placed, and a sack over the entrance in winter being all that was necessary 



