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thereby has no immunity from punishment when the 

 collar is on his neck. It forces him to come in, how- 

 ever much he may struggle against it. In the mean- 

 time, the trainer need not make any alarming demon- 

 stration, it being quite different from the porten- 

 tously hostile actions inseparable from the use of the 

 whip. The force is so directly and promptly applied 

 that the pupil associates it entirely w r ith the act of 

 disobedience. 



The whip is not even remotely a substitute for the 

 collar in teaching this order. If the puppy comes in 

 and is whipped, he observes that punishment is the 

 result. He soon shows reluctance in coming in when 

 there are grounds to suspect a whipping. On the 

 other hand, the collar forces him to obey, and then 

 punishment ceases. If the trainer then caresses him, 

 thereby indicating that he has done quite right, he 

 quickly learns that obedience results in that which is 

 pleasurable instead of that which is painful. 



The collar punishes the dog when he is in the act 

 of disobedience; the whip punishes after he has 

 obeyed. Besides being promptly effective in estab- 

 lishing obedience, the collar is permanent in its ef- 

 fect. 



