84 THE AIREDALE 



to have a dog that lives in the house " stay put " 

 when placed in a chair or a corner, and this 

 should be part of his education. It is very bad 

 dog manners to jump up on visitors. Even to 

 those who love dogs it is often disagreeably both- 

 ersome. It is bad enough in a toy dog, but in 

 an Airedale it is worse in the ratio of five pounds 

 to fifty. 



I am not personally in favor of teaching a dog 

 tricks. A trick dog soon learns to " love the 

 limelight," and will be continually begging to be 

 allowed to show off. Besides, I have an inborn 

 dislike to seeing a dog doing stunts, and I know 

 the feeling is shared by others who are fond of 

 a good dog. It seems a silly thing to see a big, 

 strong terrier begging or walking on his hind 

 legs. It may be very clever for poodles and 

 pugs, but with a man's dog and the terriers are 

 all " man's dogs " it always calls to my mind a 

 painting in the Louvre in which Hercules is de- 

 picted sitting at the feet of Venus industriously 

 winding up a ball of yarn. However, tastes dif- 

 fer, and these tricks are all easy to teach a bright 

 pupil, who has already learned the lesson of 

 minding. 



When the city dog goes out for a walk his 

 training gets its real test. What a lovely specta- 

 cle it is to see a dog owner rushing and yelling 



