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It will be found an excellent plan to feed all the dogs, if se¬ 
veral, at once, from one long common trough, into which the 
food should be poured, in regular order, and the dogs then called 
out one by one, by name, from their houses, to which they 
should previously be compelled to retire, and none suffered to 
approach until so summoned. The feeder shou’d stand over 
hem, while feeding, with a switch, and the firs growl, or indi- 
ation of an attempt to quarre , should be punished with a smart 
ut; any voracity, in like manner, can be checked or mode- 
ated by a word; and if any dog eat so ravenously, as to get 
more than his share, he must be quietly, but firmly, called off, 
and ordered to his own kennel. By this method, order, regu¬ 
larity, and obedience, will be greatly increased in the kennel; 
and, what is of more importance, the general good humor and 
good understanding of the dogs will be greatly promoted, so 
that if, as may often become necessary, as, for instance, in tra¬ 
velling on board steamboats, or in other places where accom¬ 
modation is difficult and scanty, you should be compelled to feed 
your dogs out of one vessel, they will eat together cheerfully 
and agreeably, and lie down to get their rest as good friends, 
instead of fighting a pitched battle over the plate, and growling 
at one another all night long, instead of going peaceably to 
sleep. 
Attention to litt e matters of this kind is of great real impor¬ 
tance. A fight between a brace of dogs, may deprive the owner 
of the services of one, or both, for half a dozen consecutive days ; 
and so destroy the sport of a week, on which he has counted, 
and for which he has, perhaps, incurred considerable trouble 
and expense. Even the loss of a night’s rest will render dogs 
peevish, deprive them of their noses, and make them dull and 
listless during half a day. The subject of feeding is of great 
importance, and of it I shall treat somewhat at length, after ob¬ 
serving that frequent washing and bathing is of exceeding bene¬ 
fit to dogs in fine weather, when they have suitable conve¬ 
niences for drying themselves. After a swim, or a hard day’s 
shooting in snow, or in marshes, a good wheaten straw bed is the 
