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DISEASES OF DOGS. 



Portable kennels have much to recommend them, as, apart from- 

 the facility with which they can he taken down and erected on fresh 

 giOTind, they are far more easily cleansed and disinfected than the 

 old style of kennel. They are, of course, readily packed for 

 transmission by rail, and the man, therefore, who has a good dog 

 he is taking with him for sporting pm-poses, can also ensure that the 

 dog has clean, dry quarters to sleep in. Another excellent f eatxire of 

 these kennels is that provision is made for securing the dog a dry 

 bed even in the wettest weather. This is done by means of a, fold- 

 ing inside partition or screen, which is simplicity itself ; then, again, 

 the sliding bench is a most useful addition to those portable kennels, 

 as it can be utilised by the dog for lying upon outside when it would 

 be dangerous for him to have nothing but the bare ground. Some 

 firms even go a step farther and provide an outside covered bench, so 

 that from sun and rain he is alike protected. 



Fig. 7. Portable Puppy Eun. 



A very good form of portable kennel, known as the Vero Shaw, is 

 illustrated at Figs. 5 and 6, and is made by Barnard, Bishop and 

 Barnard, Norwich. It is so constructed as to give the dog a maxi- 

 mum of comfort and at the same time to afford every facility for 

 cleansing. A sliding bench is fitted under the kennel, and protection 

 to the dog from wind and rain is afforded by a movable top and side- 

 wings. 



Amongst other firms who have made a speciality of such portable 

 kennels, mention may be made of Boulton and Paul, Norwich ; 

 Spratt's Patent, Bermondsey ; Calway, Sharpness, Gloucestershire ; 

 and Frazer, Norwich. 



Then there is to be catered for the man who desii-es to keep, say, a 

 brood bitch or two, but who has too much respect for either his 



