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is of the kind known as blinking, it may go far to- 

 ward rendering him worthless. 



The trainer who succeeds best must have a genu- 

 ine liking for dogs, else he is predisposed to habitual 

 harshness or indifference. Those who have no 

 fondness for them are rarely much of a success as 

 skillful educators, and generally the dog which is so 

 unfortunate as to be under their schooling has met 

 his misfortunes of life at its very outset. 



While a dog may misbehave and therefore need 

 punishment as a preventive, it must ever be consid- 

 ered that there are degrees of it, times for it, and a 

 manner of applying it which render it most effec- 

 tive. One trainer may whip a dog severely without 

 thereby losing his confidence or abating his ardor; 

 another one may give a less punishment and still 

 evoke shyness. The one had the dog's confidence 

 and affection ; the other had but a small part of them 

 or none. 



There are dogs which are by nature timid, but 

 shyness is a euphemistic term for fear. When the 

 dog is shy he is afraid. There are some painful as- 

 sociations of the past which he considers may be- 

 come the realities of the present, and being a reason- 



