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Yard For Dogs. Information on on creating space and maintaining a yard for a dog.
Yards for Dogs If you have a dog you should also have a yard fenced in. No one living in a city should keep a dog unless they have the yard, except in a case of a small toy dog, that you keep in the house or a flat, and in such cases you must take your dog out for a walk night and morniing.
No dogs, even the smallest toy, can live right and be healthy if they live indoors and on carpets all their life. They must get their feet on mother earth and a chance at grass. I pity any dog that has to live in a parlor or a bedroom all his life for he is in prison, perhaps an elegant prison, but yet it is a prison and the dog is leading an unatural life and a limited one. A friend of mine who is worth many 'thousands of dollars' to my cents lives in an elegant mansion in Cincinnati, surrounded by large grounds and handsome lawns, but to be fashionable and his place to look to correspond with his fashionable neighbors, he has no fence around it. He owned a very fine St. Bernard and a few days ago the electric car in front of his house killed his dog. Now, if he had had a fence his dog would be living. Your neighbor may have a fine lawn and no fence and your dog has no right to trespass on his grounds and destroy his flowers. This neighbor may be one of those unfortunate persons who have something lacking in their general make-up, and does not love dogs (and for this he is to be pitied), and your dog coming into his yard and committing a nuisance or damaging his flowers causes him to Borne night "drop a button" where your dog gets it and then your dog dies. If you had had a fence and kept your dog where he belonged, your to-be-pitied neighbor (because he does not love dogs) would not have done so and your dog would still be living. If you have a fine lawn in front and must keep up the style of the 'neighborhood, then at least do the next best tiling, viz., fence off a good-sized yard in rear of your house for the dog. This is better and safer than no yard at all and will do all right if large enough, but then take the dog out for a walk once a day at least, which will add to his health and happiness.
Dogs, your Neighbours, and Your Yard Dogs have rights, and many of them, but your dog has no right to become a nuisance to your neighbor, and he won't, if properly kept and cared for on your own premises. The fence should be so high that there is no danger of the dog jumping it, and your gates should be made self-closing, as your servants or a caller may leave the gate open, and in this way your dog will live and stay where he belongs and has a right to, and can't trespass or get himself or his owner into trouble. I am sorry to say that there are some people in this enlightened age who do not like dogs. I pity all such, and should you contemplate moving into another neighborhood, before you close the deal for the house first find out if your neighbors on both sides love dogs if npt, don't rent this house, but find one where you w'ill have better neighbors who do love dogs, for they you can trust and the others you could not. If you are living beside people who do not love dogs watch them closely. The only safe plan in such a case is to get up and take a look all over your yard carefully each morning before you let your dog out, for you might find a piece of "fixed" meat or a piece of sponge that had been dipped in grease which, if 'the dog picked up and swallowed, would cause a very painful death. Also, be very careful yourself and never throw a cork that may have grease or oil on it where your dog could get hold of it, for this would cause his death as well, Dog Collars for the Yard Always have a collar on your dog, locked, and tight enough so it can't be slipped over his head. So that if he does stray away the chances are more in his favor of being returned to you, for he may fall into the hands of a man who loves dogs, atnd therefore an honest man, who would return him to you.
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