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and tease him, you urging him to drive the stranger away, 

 and as soon as he starts, let the person run, you calling 

 the dog back. While young do not compel him to stay 

 too long at one thing, and wheii you go up to him and 

 say, '' That will do," feed him something. After the 

 manner spoken of in the previous illustration, whenever 

 you wish the dog to bite, or go at any person or thing, 

 you will teach him the words the reverse of what you 

 mean, such as " Be still," "Get out," "Lie down." You 

 will see that a person not understandiug the dog will not 

 be very apt to get near him, as he would naturally make 

 use of those words, and they would be setting him on in- 

 stead of quieting him. To call him yourself, use such 

 convenient word as you choose, but not one naturally 

 used by others. As this ingenious use of words is about 

 the only new idea we can suggest to teach watch dogs, 

 the masters can use his own ingenuity to render it 

 practical. 



THE TRICK DOG. 



Many amusing tricks may be taught which will exhib- 

 it in a wonderful degree the intelligence of the dog. As 

 we have before said, much depends upon the breed. A 

 dog of one peculiar breed may be taught a certain class 

 of tricks, while that of another breed will be entirely dif- 

 ferent in his characteristics. A well-br^d dog is hard to 

 learn any tricks except those pertaining to his nature ; 

 while a mongrel cur is quite easy to learn any. Perhaps 

 a Spaniel poodle dog is the most tractable of any; a black- 

 ' and-tan is quite apt. We give a few examples, sufficient 

 to form a groundwork for the intelligent operator to ex- 

 tend his list of tricks at his pleasure. 



