Watch-dogs and others kept out of doors should be protected from winds and rain by being kept in a box-kennel. Any comfortable corner in a house is fit for house-dogs, provided the ground be perfectly dry and covered with a piece of thick carpeting. The bed should be neither too warm nor too soft. Clean soft straw makes the best bedding for kennels; shavings are more suitable when the dog is infested with vermin.* Little pet-dogs may be kept in wicker baskets, and, if necessary, protected during cold weather by a coverlet. The sleeping place should be kept thoroughly clean, and the bedding should be changed as often as may be necessary. Ventilation is an important matter, as repeatedly breathing an atmosphere rendered impure by the exhalation of animal matter from the skin, the lungs, and the excretions, is highly destructive to health, and productive of numerous serious diseases.

* Buying clothes infected with the human louse in hay for several weeks is a common, and, according to Kuchenmeister, a successful practice. Hence, hay would be a proper bedding for dogs troubled with these parasites.