CHAPTER II. 



INASMUCH AS TO RETRIEVERS. 



No retriever puppy ought to be beaten under 

 any circumstances, if you want him to become 

 a good, loving, and obedient companion, and 

 to defend and guard you night and day ; by 

 rash treatment you will probably entirely take 

 away his love and repect for you. 



"What," say you. "Do you mean to tell 

 me, Wilkins, that a dog has love and respect 

 for his master"? Yes, yes, yes ! I do tell you 

 so most emphatically, and if there is one dog 

 more than another that is possesed of these 

 faculties it is the retriever, and next to him 

 comes the Scotch Collie. 



