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from your hands, garnished with kind words soon make 
your pupil long for you, to run and meet you, to whine 
sorrowlully when he hears your voice and cannot bound 
to greet you. If you do not love the dog, do not try 
to train him, for you will either be unsuccessful or 
cruel. There can be no conception of the vast amount 
of labor connected with it, this bringing up a dog, try- 
ing to develop the unknown quantity of brain he pos- 
sesses. Some dogs are morose, sullen, dull or deceitful. 
Should yours be of this kind better disown it and try 
again. 
There are two things essential to your success in 
breaking a puppy. They are patience and firmness. 
Never attempt to train one without having a surplus of 
both on hand. In the early stages of puppyhood your 
little friend will test the first thoroughly, for he must 
have it engrafted into his head that there are things he 
must learn ; you will find him exceedingly forgetful. 
This is especially so, because he thinks his object in the 
world is to play, and the many good lessons you have 
so often taught him, that you feel he should know and 
does know, he seems to have forgotten. Then you are 
disgusted to find him looking at you, his face a perfect 
blank, as if this is the first time he ever heard of such 
a thing. You speak to him kindly, he lays down on 
his back; his feet drawn up, and he looks at you. You 
speak to him firmly, he merely draws his feet closer, 
and sticks his tail between his legs, resting it on his 
stomach for you to admire, then sticks out his tongue, 
licks his chops, and looks at you with a sickly grin. 
All this time you feel it is getting most dreadfully 
warm : the perspiration starts. Uncork that bottle of 
patience and take a good dose; now is the time you 
