Modern breaking; a treatise on the rearing, breaking and handling of setters and pointers, embodying the methods employed by the most successful breakers and field trial handlers of the day .. . board placed on the inside at rightangles to the entrance, so as to act as a wind-break. Or, better still, there should be a doorthat will swing both ways. A piece of heavycanvas may be hung over the door, that thedog soon will learn to push aside when desiringto enter. The kennel can be made with aremovable top, so that the bedding can beremoved easily and the inside washed, disin-fected and whitewash
Modern breaking; a treatise on the rearing, breaking and handling of setters and pointers, embodying the methods employed by the most successful breakers and field trial handlers of the day .. . board placed on the inside at rightangles to the entrance, so as to act as a wind-break. Or, better still, there should be a doorthat will swing both ways. A piece of heavycanvas may be hung over the door, that thedog soon will learn to push aside when desiringto enter. The kennel can be made with aremovable top, so that the bedding can beremoved easily and the inside washed, disin-fected and whitewashed. A kerosene barrel makes a very good tempo-rary kennel. A few shavings burned inside ofit and then extinguished by turning the barrelupside down will thoroughly cleanse it. It iswarm, as well as water and wind proof. Incold weather a canvas flap should be hung overthe opening. If the kennel is placed under ashed open to the south, so much the better, asit will then be warmer in Winter and cooler inSummer and the shed affords protection fromeither rain or sun, without forcing the dog totake refuge in its kennel. In cold weather thekennel should be placed inside of a room. ?do 2! M 5. Modern Breaking 27 The size of the dogs yard should be at leasteight or ten feet square, but can be made aslarge as desired, and if situated so as to takein a tree or bush so much the better. It is agood idea to have a number of fences or smallhurdles placed across the yard, low at first andgradually elevated as the dog grows. In play-ing and racing about the yard he is obliged tojump these hurdles, which will do much todevelop the muscles of his back and loins. Blackdirt is the best ground for a kennel yard, asdogs yarded on sand are sure to be affectedwith fleas or lice. These pests the owner mustfight incessantly with frequen groomings andthe free use of disinfectants and ashes mixed with clay well beaten downmake a good yard, or, better still, wood ashes,lime and clay all worke
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