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tion of the dogs which are most submissive. The 

 destruction of dogs which are of a bad or unsuitable 

 temper weeds out the most savage, and insures the 

 perpetuation of those which most amiably accept the 

 place in domestication assigned to them by man. 

 Thus, they grow up deferential by habit, dependent 

 from inferiority, and gregarious by nature. 



The life of the dog is relatively short. At ten 

 years he is in old age. Few dogs live so long; still 

 fewer live much longer. 



In the first year of the dog's life he goes through 

 the same relative course of development that the boy 

 goes through in the first dozen years of his life. 



For a time the puppy is entirely helpless and de- 

 pendent. Gradually strength comes, and he moves 

 about without any exhibition of intelligence. As 

 the brain develops, the mind begins to act, and he 

 shows signs of ideas. Soon play engrosses his atten- 

 tion, and this phenomenon of his life, although by 

 the average man considered frivolous and undesir- 

 able, is essentially useful. 



It is better to let him develop in his own manner 

 till he is a year old before the serious attempt at 

 training is made. Give him unlimited opportunity 



