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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain kennels and their kinds, relay design, welfare standards and licensing from animal welfare and veterinary sources, describe boarding and breeding kennels, and distinguish kennels from catteries, animal shelters and dog crates.",
    "definition": "A structure or shelter for housing dogs, from a small doghouse in a garden to boarding kennels that care for dogs while owners are away, breeding kennels, rescue and shelter kennels, working kennels for hunting and sled dogs, and quarantine kennels, built with runs, sleeping areas, ventilation and drainage and regulated for animal welfare; the word also names an establishment that breeds or boards dogs and, in old usage, a street gutter.",
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      "explain kinds",
      "relay design and welfare standards",
      "describe boarding and breeding",
      "distinguish related facilities"
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      "Runs and sleeping areas",
      "Welfare regulated",
      "Commercial and private forms"
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      "Structure for housing dogs",
      "Doghouses, boarding, breeding, rescue, working and quarantine kennels",
      "A cattery houses cats; an animal shelter rehomes many species; a crate is a portable enclosure"
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        "quantity": "minimum sleeping area guidance",
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        "unit": "note",
        "note": "welfare codes"
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      {
        "quantity": "boarding kennel licensing",
        "typical_range": "required in many countries",
        "unit": "note",
        "note": ""
      },
      {
        "quantity": "temperature guidance",
        "typical_range": "about 10-26",
        "unit": "C",
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      "boarding kennels",
      "breeding kennels",
      "rescue and shelter kennels",
      "working kennels for hunting, sled and service dogs",
      "quarantine and veterinary kennels"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "shelter",
        "why": "in registry terms"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "fixed construction",
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      "Poor welfare in unlicensed kennels",
      "Disease spread such as kennel cough",
      "Confusing kennels with shelters or crates"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Monitor dogs' food, water, temperature and cleanliness in a kennel it is authorized to watch.",
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        "Keep dogs in kennels that are overcrowded, unventilated or unclean.",
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        "Hand a dog to anyone other than its keeper or an authorized person.",
        "Confuse a kennel with a rescue shelter or crate."
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        "Admitting a dog that shows signs of infectious disease.",
        "Any decision to rehome or euthanise a dog in the kennel's care."
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        "Dogs in kennels depend wholly on their carers; poor kennels cause real suffering.",
        "Unlicensed breeding kennels can exploit dogs for profit."
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        "Dogs",
        "Owners",
        "Kennel workers"
      ]
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      "steward": "The kennel operator, under the local authority that licenses boarding and breeding.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Microchip and pet registration databases"
      ]
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      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Kennel",
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                    "text": "Is the question about a structure, a business or the old gutter sense?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific element?",
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                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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                "id": "health-finding",
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                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
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                  {
                    "text": "How do owners choose and use boarding kennels, and what should they check?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits dog boarding?",
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            "id": "home",
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            "description": "Home kennels.",
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                "id": "home-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How are garden doghouses built and sited for comfort and safety?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits doghouse?",
                    "kind": "action"
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                ]
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            ]
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                "id": "history-finding",
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                    "text": "How did kennels develop from hunting establishments to modern boarding and rescue?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the history of dog keeping?",
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            "id": "language",
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                "id": "language-finding",
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                    "text": "How did kennel come to name an establishment and, historically, a gutter?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits etymology?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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    "Should boarding kennel and doghouse be separate primary entries?",
    "How should welfare sources be linked?",
    "How should the establishment sense be recorded?"
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