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decide between what you consider right and wrong 

 when he is following his natural instincts, and that if 

 it happen you punish him when he thinks he is doing 

 right you may readily perplex him beyond his com- 

 prehension, and very naturally cause him to hesitate 

 to obey orders in future, lest he offend again. 



It is not the least assistance to you when training 

 a dog, to reprove him unless he thoroughly realises 

 what particular deed has brought him into disgrace. 



Indiscriminate correction will ruin the best dog in 

 the world, though most keepers still imagine that, 

 like the proverbial walnut tree, ' the more you beat a 

 dog the better he be ; ' an ancient fallacy it is difficult 

 to drive out of their heads. Once a young dog learns 

 to dread his master, all anxiety on the part of the 

 animal to do his work cheerfully is over for his 

 life, though he change ownership half a dozen 

 times. 



A stick should never be used to beat a dog with, 

 for even a slight one may inadvertently cause him an 

 injury should a blow happen to fall on a small bone. 



A whip should alone be employed to chastise a dog 

 with, and then rather as a means of frightening him 

 than of causing actual suffering. If you hold a dog 

 by his collar and threaten him with a whip, as you 

 crack it and swish the lash in the air, with now and 

 then a ////// f stroke along his back (not under his sides), 

 and a severe one on the ground close to him (he will 

 think you missed him by accident, and tremble- at what 



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