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and, as before, drag him back to the exact spot where 

 he should have crouched down. Admit of no compro- 

 mise. You must have implicit, unhesitating, instant 

 obedience. When you quit him, he must not be al- 

 lowed to crawl an inch after you. If he attempt it, 

 drive a spike into the ground, and attach the end of the 

 checkcord to it, allowing the line to be slack ; then leave 

 him quickly, and on his running after you he will be 

 brought up with a sudden jerk. So much the better ; it 

 will slightly alarm him. As before, take him back to 

 the precise place he quitted do this invariably, though 

 he may have scarcely moved. There make him again 

 " Drop " always observing to jerk the cord at the mo- 

 ment you give the command. After a few trials of this 

 tethering, say less than a dozen, he will be certain to lie 

 down steadily, until you give the proper order or a sig- 

 nal 20 let you run away, or do what you may to excite 

 him to move. One great advantage of frequently re- 

 peating this lesson, and thus teaching it thoroughly, is 

 that your dog will hereafter always feel, more or less, 

 in subjection whenever the cord is fastened to his collar. 

 He must be brought to instantly obey the signal, even 

 at the extreme limit of his beat. 



25. Most probably he will not at first rise when he is 

 desired. There is no harm in that a due sense of th<j 

 inutility of non-compliance with the order of " Drop," 

 and a wholesome dread of the attendant penalty, will be 

 advantageous. Go up to him pat him and lead him 

 for some paces, "making much of him," as they say in 



