. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Dog. [from old catalog]. 208 KENNELS AND KEXNEL MANAGEMENT. in some satisfactory manner. This always ensures a down- current as well as an up-current, so that tbere is little or no neces- sity for having the door open except for cleanliness, but in very windy weather the ventilation on the side of the wind should be closed, or the down-draught will be enough to chill the greyhounds. As these keonels are to be paved with a non-porous material, the soil is not of much consequence, but the situation should be dry and healthy, and the shad
. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Dog. [from old catalog]. 208 KENNELS AND KEXNEL MANAGEMENT. in some satisfactory manner. This always ensures a down- current as well as an up-current, so that tbere is little or no neces- sity for having the door open except for cleanliness, but in very windy weather the ventilation on the side of the wind should be closed, or the down-draught will be enough to chill the greyhounds. As these keonels are to be paved with a non-porous material, the soil 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. Fia;. 40.—elevation of kennel. than the adoption of cleanliness, which should be of the most scrupulous kind, together wdth 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 favor of the constant supply, as it is impossible to prevent these animals from getting to it when at ex- ercise ; 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 care- less about it at all Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company
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