WORKING WITH OTHER PERSONS. 



A may readily be imagined, it is by no means easy 

 to induce an animal to work with any person 

 it does not regard as its accepted teacher. 

 On such occasions, it will behave like a small child, and 

 be restless and even intractable. Often, too, while ap- 

 parently willing, there may be something unfamiliar in 

 the way in which a question is put (a matter for which 

 no one can be blamed !), this resulting in the impossi- 

 bility of getting an answer. Sometimes, too, the hand 

 proffered to receive the replies is not held either straight 

 or flat enough, or may not have the right slant that will 

 enable the paw to rap without slipping off. Or, again 

 a hand will be held too high, and thus cause much 

 inconvenience to the animal. Then too, questions are 

 carelessly worded, and seem strange to the method of 

 thought to which its regular instructor has accustomed 

 it, fresh explanations being then required to achieve 

 any results at all. And so it comes, that only those 

 can work successfully with animals who have already 

 been frequently present at the teaching, and are then 

 willing to try their luck, calmly and tranquilly and 

 quite alone with the animal, so as to carefully develop 

 their own aptitude, as well as gain the confidence of 

 their charge. It is true that in the case of the horses, 

 others, besides Heir Krall, frequently did work with 

 them. Indeed, my father got excellent answers from 



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