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retrieve well, and need careful treatment to be taught. They 

 will pick up an article, but nip and drop it, and look for 

 something else. All Terriers should be trained to run 

 ahead and hunt and to come in to heel when required. If 

 they do not know at least this much, they are likely to be a 

 nuisance. By not punishing a dog when he comes to you, 

 he will learn at a cross word to come in to heel, where he 

 can be well controlled and directed. When it is necessary 

 to correct a small dog, run at him suddenly and fiercely; 

 he will usually lie down; then stand over him and scold, 

 but not loudly, perhaps pretending to beat him with a 

 switch. He will then, if he understands, be glad to do as 

 you wish him to do. 



Never give a command you can not enforce. Firmness 

 and consistency will train a dog better than to impress him 

 by cruelty, besides developing his intelligence and affec- 

 tion. This is merely the common-sense of dog-training 

 which has been ably set forth by well-known writers. 



These dogs are most hardy. They may be kept where 

 any live-stock is kept, provided they have a dry bed, as in 

 a barn in winter or out of doors in summer; in fact, they 

 are better if not coddled. They should not be fed much 

 meat unless they have a great deal of exercise. They are 

 usually spare eaters, and ought never to look fat. If a dog 

 is active and his nose is moist and cold, he is doing well. 

 They will be better if allowed great freedom; much chain- 

 ing is of course bad. Males, if kept shut up together, are 

 prone to quarrel. 



As a rule, Bedlingtons will have few diseases if given 

 plenty of air and exercise, with a sufficiency of good food 

 and clean water. It is only when kept confined in num- 

 bers that they "fall into the hands of the physicians." 

 They may then be treated according to the rules for dogs of 

 their size. 



To show a Bedlington to advantage some care is neces- 

 sary, for he does not display in the ring such animation 

 as he does out of doors at liberty. Therefore he should be 

 accustomed to the chain and to pleasant associations with 



