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for obtaining them. Nevertheless, one day while he was 

 amusing himself with another dog in the park, my brother, 

 in order to persuade him to follow, struck him with a 

 glove. The terrier looked up at his face with an astonished 

 and indignant gaze, deliberately turned round, and trotted 

 home. Next day he went out with my brother as before, 

 but after he had gone a short distance he looked up at his 

 face significantly, and again trotted home with a dignified 

 air. After thus making his protest in the strongest way 

 he could, the dog ever afterwards refused to accompany 

 him. 



This terrier habitually exhibited a strong repugnance 

 to corporal punishment, even when inflicted upon others. 

 Thus, whenever or wherever he saw a man striking a dog, 

 whether in the house or outside, near at hand or at a dis- 

 tance, he used to rush in to interfere, snarling and snap- 

 ping in a most threatening way. Again, when driving 

 with me in a dog-cart, he always used to hold the sleeve of 

 my coat every time I touched the horse with the whip- 

 As bearing upon this sensitiveness of feeling produced in 

 dogs by habitually kind treatment, I shall here give an 

 extract from the letter of one of. my correspondents (Mrs.. 

 E. Picton). It relates to a Skye terrier which had a strong 

 aversion to being washed : — 



In process of time this aversion increased so much that all 

 the servants I had refused to perform the ablutions, being in 

 terror of doing so from the ferocity the animal evinced on 

 such occasions. I myself did not choose to undertake the office, 

 for though the animal was passionately attached to me, such was 

 his horror of the operation, that even I was not safe. Threats, 

 beating, and starving were all of no avail ; he still persisted in 

 his obstinacy. At length I hit upon a new device. Leaving 

 him perfectly free, and not curtailing his liberty in any way, I 

 let him know, by taking no notice of him, that he had offended 

 me. He was usually the companion of my walks, but now L 

 refused to let him accompany me. When I returned home I 

 took no notice of his demonstrative welcome, and when he came 

 looking up at me for caresses when I was engaged either in 

 reading or needlework, I deliberately turned my head aside. 

 This state of things continued for about a week or ten days, 

 and the poor animal looked wretched and forlorn. There waa 



