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from your hands, garnished with kind words soon make 

 your pupil long for you, to run and meet you, to whine 

 sorrowfully when he hears your voice and cannot bound 

 to greet you. If you do not love the dog, do not try 

 to train him, for you will either be unsuccessful or 

 -cruel. There can be no conception of the vast amount 

 of labor connected with it, this bringing up a dog, try- 

 ing to develop the unknown quantity of brain he pos- 

 sesses. Some dogs are morose, sullen, dull or deceitful. 

 Should yours be of this kind better disown it and try 

 again. 



There are two things essential to your success in 

 breaking a puppy. They are patience and firmness. 

 Never attempt to train one without having a surplus of 

 both on hand. In the early stages of puppyhood your 

 little friend will test the first thoroughly, for he must 

 have it engrafted into his head that there are things he 

 must learn ; you will find him exceedingly forgetful. 

 This is especially so, because he thinks his object in the 

 world is to play, and the many good lessons you have 

 so often taught him, that you feel he should know and 

 does know, he seems to have forgotten. Then you are 

 disgusted to find him looking at you, his face a perfect 

 blank, as if this is the first time he ever heard of such 

 a thing. You speak to him kindly, he lays down on 

 his back ; his feet drawn up, and he looks at you. You 

 speak to him firmly, he merely draws his feet closer, 

 and sticks his tail between his legs, resting it on his 

 stomach for you to admire, then sticks out his tongue, 

 licks his chops, and looks at you with a sickly grin. 

 All this time you feel it is getting most dreadfully 

 warm ; the perspiration starts. Uncork that bottle of 

 patience and take a good dose ; now is the. 



