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in great comfort in his warm corner, and thus he builds 

 up his sturdy little frame ; but when two are walked at 

 a cottage they become burdensome to the housewife, and 

 then get put into the garden shed out of trouble, and thus 

 lose the comfort which is very necessary to them. 



At this age periodic visits should be made to make sure 

 the pups are thriving and going the right way, and the 

 cottager's children be encouraged to take the pup on a 

 lead for walks. This will largely help the puppy to learn 

 the proper ring side manner. At eight to nine months, 

 according to individual maturity, the pups should be 

 brought back to the kennels, and each be prepared for 

 his future business in life. His first business, I take it, 

 is to prove himself a sportsman. He will already have 

 been grounded in the elementary lessons of rat-killing 

 and river work. This, to my mind, is the most fascinat- 

 ing side of his many-sided character. We have a number 

 of our Terriers now with a pack of Otter Hounds, and 

 except for being rather too headstrong, they are right up 

 to any Otter Hound in the pack. Their next training 

 will be to display on the lead that debonair carriage for 

 which this breed is famous, to induce the proper amount 

 of fire and "go." A good plan is to have a small plat- 

 form in the grounds, and if you can arrange once or twice 

 a week for seven or eight Terriers to be showing on 

 leather leads on this platform, it will be a great assistance 

 by teaching them to stand on their toes, with their tails 

 erect, ears well up, and eyes challenging comparison with 

 each other. In every family there are puppies who for 

 some unknown reason appear cowed, and who rarely seem 

 to carry their tails with that gayness which is so desir- 

 able. I have never failed to effect a cure by putting such 

 puppies in the kennel-yard with a few others; and as 

 pluck and spirit are really contagious, they never fail 

 within a short time to be just as courageous as an Aire- 

 dale should be. 



