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is not of much consequence, but the situation should be dry and 

 healthy, and the shade of a large tree is to be obtained if possible, 

 The kennel management of the greyhound consists in little more 

 than the adoption of cleanliness, which should be of the most 

 scrupulous kind, together with regular feeding. Water is by some 

 people constantly left for them to get at, but others object to it for 

 dogs in training, and they then only give it with the food, My 

 own opinion is decidedly in favour of the constant supply, as it is. 

 impossible to prevent these animals from getting to it when at 

 exercise ; and I am sure that, when they are kept from it in-doors, 

 they take too much while they are out. On the contrary, if it is 

 regularly supplied to them, they take very little, and are quite 

 careless about it at all times. The, dressing and management of 

 the feet form a part of the training of the greyhound, and will be 

 treated of under the head of Coursing. 



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Unlike the greyhound kennel in many respects, that which we 

 are now considering must be adapted for from, thirty to a hundred 

 couples of hounds, and the accommodation should therefore be 

 more extensive, while a less degree of protection from the weather 

 is desirable, because these hounds must be constantly exposed to 

 long-continued wind and wet, and should therefore be hardened to 

 them. The annexed description of the most desirable plan for 

 kennels is chiefly derived from "Scrutator," who is, I believe, 

 the most trustworthy as well as the most recent writer on the 

 subject. 



The kennel should be placed upon some high and dry situation ; 

 the building should face the south, and there should be no large 



