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tience and perseverance will be tested pretty 

 severely for two or three weeks, but after that 

 time nothing but neglect to keep the box clean 

 will cause trouble. 



Perhaps it is as well to warn city housekeep- 

 ers, who may have to depend entirely on 

 a box of sawdust or ashes for their pet's 

 convenience, that neither cats nor dogs will 

 use it more than two or three times. This 

 is frequently the cause of pet animals becom- 

 ing careless in their manners. 



Large dogs can be taught tidy ways by 

 being fed at six o'clock in the evening, taken 

 for a walk at night, then chained in a shed or 

 outer kitchen, their range never being more 

 than three feet from their bed. Release early 

 in the morning, and take out of doors imme- 

 diately. They will soon understand the disci- 

 pline of enforced hours. The close proximity 

 to their bed causes natural instinct to govern 

 their behavior, and the habit, once formed, will 

 prevail through life. 



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