164 THE DOG IN HEALTH. 



but he must be gently dragged by the back of the neck or 

 bodily carried to where the trainer stood when the com- 

 mand was given ; he should be very gently reprimanded, 

 then forgiven and made to feel that he is forgiven, and the 

 lesson repeated, always rewarding obedience in some way. 



Obedience to what is right pleasant, disobedience un- 

 pleasant, is the rule for us all, dogs and men. On these 

 principles yard and house training is simple with well-bred 

 dogs. They mean to please if they can. Make obedience 

 and right-doing understood, possible, and pleasing, and it 

 will be preferred, especially if the wrong-doing is followed 

 by the reverse experiences. 



Dogs are naturally cleanly, and will not foul their ken- 

 nels if they can betake themselves to a more suitable place ; 

 but this latter must sometimes be pointed out to puppies. 

 An animal confined must of necessity evacuate his bladder 

 and bowels, but a dog that has from his puppyhood had a 

 chance to be cleanly will often suffer much before fouling 

 his dwelling-place. The author has known a puppy at the 

 point of death drag himself from his sleeping-box to evacu- 

 ate his bowels. 



Dogs are not filthy in their habits, but some people 

 who keep them are, and others do not understand what is 

 required to enable a dog to follow his instincts of cleanli- 

 ness. Where a dog has once been to respond to E'ature's 

 call, he tends to visit again, and this is a guide to enable 

 us to avail ourselves of natural instinct to maintain cleanly 

 surroundings. The same general principles apply when 

 dogs are taken afield to be worked on some sort of game. 

 At first the puppy may run toward almost every form of 

 life he sees. This is natural, and he would not be worth 



