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laws, had to render a partial obedience to the 

 leader of the pack. 



Any dog of the pack that through an unruly 

 disposition would not obey, or any dog that 

 through a deficiency of strength and cunning 

 could not obey, was soon cast out of dog society 

 as being unfit to live. 



So you can see at once that this made a dog 

 inclined to be a sociable animal, and, therefore, 

 he had not much trouble in adapting himself to 

 the superior social ways of man. 



Speaking generally, all animals that live in 

 packs and flocks are more easily domesticated 

 than those animals or birds that live a solitary 

 existence or live in pairs. 



The cat and tiger tribe, who in their wild 

 state live in pairs, are more difficult to domes- 

 ticate than the dog tribe, who live in packs. 



The barks and growls of a dog that protect 

 our houses, is the old wild instinct that guarded 

 the lair of the pack. 



The yells, barks, and shrieks of a dog in dis- 

 tress that will bring around all other dogs within 

 hearing distance, and the bark of a watch dog, 

 that sets all the other dogs within hearing barking 

 in their turn, is the old instinct of dogs in packs 

 barking for help or in defiance. 



The spaniel rushing through brambles and 

 undergrowth is the old instinct of hunting. 



