. The complete book of the dog. Dogs. The Care of the Dog 15 Norwich, or from Spratt's, Limited. Let the kennel be placed where it will be sheltered from the wind and have plenty of sunlight. Trees harbour moisture, and damp must be avoided at all costs. It is usually the single dog that suffers most from imperfect accommodation. His kennel is generally too small to admit of a good bed of straw, and if there is no railed-in run attached he must needs be chained up. The dog that is kept on the chain becomes dirty in his habits, unhappy and savage. His chain is often too short and is not provide
. The complete book of the dog. Dogs. The Care of the Dog 15 Norwich, or from Spratt's, Limited. Let the kennel be placed where it will be sheltered from the wind and have plenty of sunlight. Trees harbour moisture, and damp must be avoided at all costs. It is usually the single dog that suffers most from imperfect accommodation. His kennel is generally too small to admit of a good bed of straw, and if there is no railed-in run attached he must needs be chained up. The dog that is kept on the chain becomes dirty in his habits, unhappy and savage. His chain is often too short and is not provided with swivels to avert kinks. On a sudden alarm, or on the ap- pearance of a trespassing tabby, he will often bound forward at the risk of dislocating his neck. The yard-dog's chain ought always to be fitted with a stop link spring to counteract the effect of the sudden jerk. If it is necessary for a dog to be chained at all, and this is doubtful, the most humane method is to bend a wire rope between two opposite walls or posts about seven feet from the ground. On the rope is threaded a metal ring, to which the free end of the dog's chain is hooked. This enables him to move about on a path limited only by the length of the wire rope, as the sliding ring travels with him. The method may be employed with advantage in the garden for several dogs, a separate rope being used for each. Unfriendly dogs can thus be kept safely apart and still be to some extent at liberty. There is no obvious advantage in keeping a watch-dog on the chain rather than in an enclosed compound. A wire- netting enclosure can easily be constructed at very little ex- pense. For the more powerful dogs the use of wTOught-iron railings is advisable, and these can be procured cheaply from Spratt's or Boulton and Paul's, fitted with gates and revohing troughs for feeding from the outside. Kennels and Kennelling.—There is nothing quite so pitiful as the dog that is left alone all day and night in an un- interesti
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