16 TRAINING vs. B RE A KING. 



thing that you may teach him, but possess your soul in pa- 

 tience and allow and encou-age him to act out his puppy 

 ways and to play and frolic to.hi3 heart's content, always ex- 

 cepting, of course, the few moments that } on devote to his 

 lessons. Above all thing •, ca efu^y refrain from anything 

 i hat looks like restraint in your ordinary intercourse with 

 him, and endeavor to instill into his mind that you are his 

 loving f dend, and that nothing suits you better than to see 

 him thoroughly enjoy liimself. We have found by experi- 

 ence that dogs are very much like men in some respects. 

 They both are possessed of a superabundance of steam that 

 must have vent somehow, end it is much better to get rid of 

 the surplus while your pupil is of too tender an age to work 

 any serious harm, than tobott'e it up for escape in thefutuie, 

 when added years and knowledge are very pro e t ) turn the 

 current into dangerous channels. How much better it is to 

 a^low your boy to ch iS'j the gaudy butterfly and to encour- 

 age him to renewed efforts and ltt him leara forhim^e f, 

 that even if he is successful in securing the object of his de 

 sire, that the chase is futile and will not pay for bruised 

 and tired limbs and soiled and torn clothes — how much bet- 

 ter this than to keep him unwill ng at your side, with his 

 young heart almost burs' ing to essay the trial and sowing 

 the s^ed that in a few years will ripen and cause him a~, the 

 first opportune moment to break, not for butterflies now, 

 but in a wild cha-e for forbidden pleasures that the res'rain's 

 of hisch'ldhoDd make doubly dear. Do not think t at we 

 are moralizing ; we are only illustrating. Therefore, when 

 your pupil gives chase to the " butterflies of youth," do not 

 check Li n, hut r.ther urge him on, that he may the sooner 

 discover the fallacy of th*3 pursuit. In the meantime consob 

 yourself with the thought that be is working off his surplus 

 steam and will all the sooner settle ('own to the real duties of 

 life and do you no discredit by w.ld escapades in his mature 

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There is one thing that we consider of paramount impor- 

 tance— our pup must staunchly point when he is from six to 

 ten weeks old. If he will not do this naturally and of hi3 



