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high action) and to teach him to knock at the 



door. 



In order to teach him to knock at the door 

 he is placed close to the door at such a distance 

 that in making the pawing movement he touches 

 the door and produces the noise of rapping. On 

 making this pawing movement and on the above 

 noise being heard he is caressed, and immediately 

 understands rapping at the door. 



From touching and striking the fore-legs be- 

 hind the knee in order that he may raise them, 

 we may proceed to make him raise them on a sig- 

 nal being given by pointing the whip towards 

 them. The whip is very markedly pointed towards 

 the back of the knee and held pointed for one 

 moment and the voice signal for advancing being 

 given the back of the knee is struck rather hard 

 if he does not raise the leg. A few repetitions of 

 this teach him to raise the fore-leg on the mere 

 pointing of the whip towards the leg without wait- 

 ing for it to be struck. 



From making him raise the left fore-leg on a 

 signal by the whip pointed towards the leg we may 



