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cidentally related to the subject of training, yet it is 

 worthy the attention of him who earnestly seeks a 

 broad knowledge of it. Before making pertinent 

 investigation on either subject, it is not difficult to 

 believe that the dog acts wholly by instinct and that 

 the world is flat; after unprejudiced investigation it 

 is impossible to believe either. 



Considered as a being, physically and mentally, the 

 dog develops much after the manner of man, but 

 with restrictions imposed by Nature and by man 

 which force him to recognize his inferiority and de- 

 pendence through life. 



Superior force is a quantity in life to which all 

 must yield. Men feel its mandates; even nations 

 must bow to it. As between man and dog, the 

 latter from puppyhood is taught submission and de- 

 pendence. There is sufficient force at every point to 

 repel all attempts which are obnoxious to man, his 

 master. He recognizes this from an early age and 

 grows into doghood with a full acceptance of it. The 

 exceptional dog, which betimes has the idea that he 

 has force enough to meet force, generally goes vio- 

 lently into the bourne provided for bad dogs, whence 

 they never return. Heredity tends to the perpetua- 



