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sons. Take him alone with yon into a large room. The 

 first thing to be done is to teach him to lead ; to do this, place 

 a strap around his neck, that cannot hart him, to which at- 

 tach a cord six or eight feet in length ; stand still, and 

 hold upon the cord for a few minutes, until he ceases 

 struggling to get away. It is best to give one lesson each 

 day during the whole training. The first two lessons 

 should be devoted to teaching him that he cannot get away. 

 Now, conunence teaching him to come to you, by pulling 

 upon the rope, and saying, "Here," using only the one 

 word. In the use of this as well as all other words used in 

 training the dog, one word is all it is best to try and 

 teach him for any one act, it being so difficult to make 

 him understand, if you attempt to teach him more. When 

 he is once fixed in the habit of minding the word, you 

 may then use such other words in connection therewith, 

 as are pleasant to the ear, as, for instance, " come here, 

 sir." Without the word here he will not know what you 

 mean, and the others being meaningless to him, do not 

 puzzle him. He will also be less liable to have too many 

 masters, as the one word will not be likely to be used 

 every time by a person unacquainted with your mode of 

 training. Of course, if you prefer it, you may, in giving 

 the lesson, substitute other words for those laid down; but 

 we give those which are readiest to the tongae. As the 

 dog comes up, whether voluntarily or not, say, "Do" and 

 caress him. A lesson of an hour or two, each time work- 

 ing slowly and patiently, will be about right. Proceed 

 with it until -he will come to you from any portion of the 

 room, at the word "Here." He will have learned by this 

 time, probably, that the word "Do" is for him to understand 

 that you are through with him. When he perfectly realizes 



