30 DOGS. 



begin with him when young, and use a judicious 

 degree of severity tempered with kindness in due 

 place. 



The first thing to impress upon a dog is, to make 

 him understand that he is to do as he is bid; if he 

 be a little refractory, he must be coerced, and sub- 

 mission inforced, even though the lesson require to 

 be repeated several times; as all dogs are very 

 tractable, in these matters, he will soon know what a 

 look, a sign, or a word is intended to convey, and 

 act accordingly. 



Hounds require more care and much more careful 

 training than House or Watch-dogs: their tuition 

 must commence when very young, and be carefully 

 attended to, and judiciously managed. Our limits 

 will not allow us to enter into details as to the parti- 

 cular line to be pursued with each kind of hound; 

 but we may say that the peculiar mode to be pursued, 

 must be in accordance with the breed or kind of 

 hound under tuition, and have reference to the 

 peculiar line of duty which will be expected of him. 



Where hounds are well trained and properly disci- 

 plined, they evince a ready and marked obedience to 

 the huntsman, which is very conducive to success in 

 the chace or in the pursuit of game. Dogs that 

 hunt by the scent require very great attention in 

 respect to cleanliness; care therefore must be exerted 

 to preserve it, and perfect cleanliness is one of the best 

 and surest methods; the same may be said of all 

 other dogs; cleanliness is not only a preserver and 

 promoter of their best faculties, but it is also one of 

 the surest preventives of disease in those noble and 

 sagacious animals. 



