PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT. 
The method may be employed with advan- 
tage in the garden for several dogs, a 
separate rope being used for each. Un- 
friendly dogs can thus be kept safely 
apart and still be to some extent at liberty. 
A POPULAR AND CONVENIENT FORM OF 
KENNEL FOR TERRIERS OR FOR BREEDING. 
(SPRATT'S NO. 147.) 
There is no obvious advantage in keep- 
ing a watch-dog on the chain rather than 
in an enclosed compound, unless he is ex- 
pected to go for a possible burglar and 
attack him. A wire netting enclosure can 
easily be constructed at very little expense. 
For the more powerful dogs the use of 
wrought-iron railings is advisable, and 
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KENNELS. 
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these can be procured cheaply from 
Spratt’s or Boulton and Paul’s, fitted with 
gates and with revolving troughs for feeding 
from the outside. For puppies, which are 
so destructive to a garden, the movable 
wire-netting hurdles, such as those referred 
to by Lady Gifford (ante pp. 223, 224) 
are to be recommended, the advantage 
being that the enclosure may be removed 
to fresh ground every few days. 
Kennels vary so much in construction, 
575 
capacity, and price that a choice can only 
be determined by the dog-owner’s require- 
ments. A loose box makes an admirable 
kennel for a large dog, and a stable with 
its range of stalls can always be converted 
into a dog-house. If two or three Terriers 
are kept, a small lean-to shed, combining 
a sleeping-room and a covered run, should 
serve. Spratt’s No. 147 is a convenient 
type. It is cosy, well-ventilated, and easily 
kept clean. Such a kennel is as good as 
any for the accommodation of a_ brood 
bitch and her family. The floor of the run 
should be paved with concrete, and for 
warmth in winter this may be strewn with 
a layer of peat-dust or Sanitas sawdust, 
periodically renewed. When the number 
of dogs kept varies, or when there are dis- 
agreements and jealousies, it is well to have 
several of these portable kennels situated 
in various parts of the garden or grounds; 
but they are handy and look well ranged 
side by side along a blank wall. Many 
owners and breeders prefer to have their 
kennels compactly centred under one roof. 
In such cases the best plan is to have a 
well-designed building properly constructed 
with bricks. The sleeping apartments and 
feeding and breeding rooms may be formed 
in a block from which the separate enclosed 
yards radiate, or in a quadrangle with the 
yards in the centre; but as a rule it is better 
to have the runs outside, for dogs love to 
have an outlook upon the world around 
them. Apart from the expense, there is no 
reason why the kennels, like the racing 
stables, should not be ornamental as 
well as sanitary and convenient. Messrs, 
