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are made to understand any words of the English lan- 

 guage, simply by teaching them the act, and then the 

 word from the act. The rules whereby any persons can 

 educate a dog are simple, and easily understood, but it is 

 necessary to be patient, kind and persevering — (the same. 

 as in all things). We give a few rules — sufficient to ena- 

 ble the operator to practice many more. Their are dif- 

 ferent breeds of dogs, and, of course, as many different 

 habits and dispositions as breed ; consequently it will re- 

 quire judgment to train them to that to which they are 

 best adapted by nature. For instance, the St. Bernard is 

 a faithful watch dog, while the setter will scent game with- 

 out training; a terrier will catch rats, and the grey-hound 

 takes to running from his birth. It is necessary there- 

 fore, in attempting to teach the dog. to bear in mind 

 these natural habits, being careful not to urge upon him 

 the performance of any duties, or tricks, which are mani- 

 festly not in his nature to do. When selecting dogs for 

 any particular lesson, study this subject closely, as un- 

 doubtedly it is the most useful lesson to be taught. We 

 have not given so much attention to educating the shepherd 

 or the watch dog to drive; not being so fond of this kind 

 as of teaching the more intelligent class of dogs certain 

 tricks, &c., but we will give you the knowledge of the 

 above as we obtained it from a celebrated dog trainer. 



TRAINING THE SHEPHERD TO DRIVE. 



Take a well-bred shepherd dog, about six months old, 

 reared in some secluded place hearing no words with a 

 meaning intended to be attached except his name. He 

 should know nothing of the ordinary words in use towards 

 dogs, and not have been handled ) y boys or careless per- 



