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The best that the trainer can do is to make the 

 most of the powers the dog is endowed with by Na- 

 ture. This is the standard of effort. The trainer de- 

 velops the puppy to the extent of his abilities, and 

 having done that he can do no more. If the puppy 

 has not the powers of greatness within himself, it is 

 impossible to develop him beyond his limitations ; as 

 much so as it is to develop a man into a great orator, 

 musician, artist, etc., if he has not the natural talents 

 for any of these accomplishments. . 



As to the house training or house breaking, as 

 it is more commonly called the puppy acquires 

 most of it by virtue of scoldings and the broomstick. 

 If he appreciates the best bed and bedroom for a 

 kennel, he feels that a lashed hide, scoldings, cold 

 looks and unfriendly surveillance are matters worth 

 noting and heeding. When driven from the parlor at 

 the point of the broomstick he avoids it thereafter as 

 a place of pains and discomfort. The dining room, 

 ' e table and the food placed upon it, by virtue of 



e broomstick, are conceded by him, sooner or later, 

 to be a place for his betters. Banished repeatedly 

 from the house in disgrace, and deprived of the 

 friendly regard of its members for the time being, 



