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same time. Do this several times daily, though not 

 to the point of weariness, and accustom the puppy 

 to the habit of remaining in one place until you 

 give him permission to move. He should eventually 

 become so steady that he will make no attempt to 

 seize pieces of bread or meat that you may throw 

 to other parts of the room until you say " On ! " 

 Thus the early discipline will make it much more 

 easy to show him what you mean by the command 

 " Come to heel." Naturally at first the puppy will 

 rush about in a headlong manner, but when he obeys 

 you it is as well to reward him with a biscuit or 

 some tit -bit, letting him, however, associate the 

 present with the command. If the dog does not 

 take readily to his lesson, attach to his collar a 

 long, thin cord, tell him to come to heel or come 

 in, whichever you may prefer, and if he persists in 

 keeping aloof, give the cord a smart jerk. If he is 

 not wholly devoid of intelligence you will be surprised 

 how quickly he acquires that which you wish to 

 teach him. He should be sufficiently amenable at 

 all times not only to come to heel when called, but 

 to remain there until you permit him to go on. 

 Supposing you live in a town or. in a district fre- 

 quented by motor-cars, it is most essential that he 

 should come in immediately you tell him to do so. 

 Many young dogs of an excitable disposition have 

 the habit of rushing wildly into the roadway when 

 first released, and some even bark at every passing 

 horse or carriage, to the danger of their own lives, 

 while the possibility of throwing down a horse is 

 by no means remote. Naturally one would grieve 

 to be the unwitting cause of an accident of this kind, 

 to say nothing of the unpleasant possibility of 



