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wish to go round to avoid a mud hole or brier patch, and if 

 your dog has been well trained in thi?, by witnessing one in- 

 telligent performance of this p' easing accomplishment, you 

 will be more than repaid for all labor expended in teaching 

 it to him. 



Many dogs will pay no attention to strangers, and appear 

 to care for no one except their masters. Should your pup 

 be inclined to notice others, and give you any trouble in this 

 respect, you can very easily teach him better, by having some 

 one call the dog to him, and give him a few light cuts with a 

 switch ; and by changing your assistant every time, and ad- 

 ministering two or three doses of this, he will give you no 

 further trouble. If your assistants will fondle him a little 

 before administering the~switch, the pup will all the sooner 

 find out that it is better to have nothing to do with others 

 than yourself, and will not bother you later by running to 

 every one who may notice him. 



