Conclusion 





other hand, leaps to his master's side when tb 

 prospect of working with him or for him. II 

 but joy and fervent co-operation, and a gp 

 honourable calling. The moral sense is very highly di 

 loped in the dog, and is very much appealed to 

 is asked to work for man. Willingness to sei and a 

 strong sense of right and wrong, arc chara •• ri I mani- 

 fested from which many human beings might draw inspi 

 tion for their own actions. The good trainer will w irk 

 these two qualities, in the first place, and to these will soon 

 be added unlimited love from the pupil. It is on this basis 

 that all training work should be done. Coercion never 

 accomplishes any reliable results. This statement is 

 obvious, when it is recognized that those qualities which 

 should be appealed to in the dog are immortal and actual, 

 and are not subject to variableness, but rest on their own 

 foundations. As these are cultivated there is definite 

 reliability to depend on, which exists of itself as apart from 

 any will power on the part of the trainer. No win 

 exist in the training school and are never n 

 gentle, steady routine work is the right method of impr 

 the dog's intelligence, and kindly encouragement an 1 

 caresses, will meet its desire to understand, better than 

 coercive measures or rebukes. 



It should clearly be understood, therefore, that the trail 

 dog considers himself highly honoured by his position 

 a servant of His Majesty, and renders no reluctant 

 From my observation along this line I have, in I 

 to the conclusion that a dog trained to some d rk, 



is happier than the average loafing dog, no m 

 kindly the latter may be treated. I certainly found I 

 to be the case with the army dogs. Their intelli 

 much increases as the training work proc 1 . and 



