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and he will then no longer need an inducement 

 in the shape of a bribe. It is better not to change 

 the kennel ofteuer than can be helped, and never 

 in the first days of kennel life, as any change is 

 apt to confuse the dog and interfere with his 

 education. 



The most important factor in the training of the 

 young terrier is, I believe, your own daily inter- 

 course with him. You must devote time to study 

 his disposition and peculiarities, and he must learn 

 to know and understand you, or there will be no 

 basis for the goodwill and friendship without which 

 you can never hope to make the best of him. The 

 most important step will have been taken when 

 you have gained his confidence, for a dog ruled 

 by fear seldom shows intelligence, and is nearly 

 always a miserable nervous creature who vents his 

 misery in quarrelling with his fellows. 



It is important to remember what an excitable 

 animal a terrier is, and to be very quiet in voice 

 and manner with him. Excitement will soon 

 spread from one dog to another, and once they 

 are thoroughly roused it will be no easy matter 

 to quiet them. Yet the terrier is credited with 

 being a very much more quarrelsome animal than 

 he is when judiciously treated. I was much 

 amused once when showing my kennels to the 

 late Tom Whitemore, then huntsman to the Oakley, 

 to see that he considered a fight a foregone con- 

 clusion when many terriers were together. As we 

 passed from yard to yard I threw open the doors, 



