FIRST LESSONS. 3 



deuce. This will be the first lesson, and nothing more should 

 be attempted until you have completely won his heart and 

 taught him to place the utmost confidence in you. At this 

 tender age his mind is easily impressed, and will long retain 

 the ideas now formed ; and it will take but a few days to 

 teach him to iove you with all his heart. If possible, give 

 him a good roomy pen on the ground, with a warm, well- 

 sheltered house or box in which to lie. Do not forget that 

 he will be very lonesome for a few days, and therefore glad 

 to see you often ; and you cannot better employ your time 

 than in paying him a visit every half hour for the first day or 

 two. Always, when you go to see him, have a bit of some- 

 thing for him to eat that he will relish. As you approach 

 the pen you should invariably blow upon your whistle the 

 note that you intend to use to call him in. "VVe sound a long 

 note for this purpose, beginning loud and gradually dying 

 away. This, with a short, sharp note to attract attention, is 

 all the signal that we ever sound upon the whistle ; the last we 

 do not use until his education is further advanced. By asso- 

 ciating this long note with something good to eat, it will soon 

 become fixed in bis mind that when he hears it he must run 

 to you as fast as he can. We much prefer to have two pups, for 

 it takes no more time to teach them both than it does to teach 

 one, as they will learn from each other ; and if one is in- 

 clined to be dilatory we withold his reward, and he, seeing the 

 other one enjoying his customary allowance while he is him- 

 self deprived of his share, at once comprehends the true 

 reason and will be on hand the next time. 



Do not fail to abundantly caress him and speak kindly 

 words, and never under any circumstances, no matter what 

 the provocation, allow yourself to scold or strike him, as this 

 is entirely at variance with our system, and is sure to result 

 in the defeat of our plans. Should he jump upon you with 

 his dirty feet, or tear your clothes with his sharp teeth, do 

 not get angry and cuff him, but gently yet firmly pi ice him 

 upon the ground or unclasp his jaws from your garments, 

 consoling yourself with the thought that in a short time you 

 will have him so well in hand that he will know better than 



