General Management 



It is almost superfluous to say that all 

 doors and windows should be thrown wide 

 open in the daytime, in order to admit the 

 greatest amount of air and sunshine possible. 

 I have seen kennels that are damp, noisome 

 holes, quite unfitted for the housing of any 

 creature, much less a dog, and no animal 

 could thrive in such. 



Dogs in the country keep their coats clean 

 without much difficulty, but I am convinced 

 that even with them a good grooming several 

 times a week is not only beneficial but 

 necessary. In towns a daily grooming should 

 be insisted upon, — for long-haired dogs, 

 with dandy brush and comb, and for short- 

 coated ones with brush and hound-glove 

 or towel, while there is nothing like the 

 naked hand for a final polish. The dog looks 

 as handsome again if he has a decent gloss 

 on his coat ; he may be handled with comfort 

 by his owner, and he is on altogether better 

 terms with himself, the stimulus to the 

 skin caused by the grooming reacting on 



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