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must not be treated like colder-blooded dogs. 

 The former have pronounced instincts, backed 

 by a sensitive nervous organization, and they 

 proceed in the most natural way to do the most 

 aggravating things. Their instincts are so 

 highly developed and are so superior to their 

 intelligence that they move with a kind of 

 mechanical precision, and their judgment in 

 the beginning plays little part in their work. 

 Their likes and dislikes are of very intense 

 character, and unless the breaker understands 

 this he will make the serious mistake of sup- 

 posing the dogs to be headstrong and wilful. 

 More young dogs are ruined for want of a 

 knowledge of these facts by the breaker than 

 for any other reason. Some dogs may, as a 

 matter of fact, be extremely timid, but the 

 intense love for work may make them appear to 

 be high-couraged. A few severe whippings 

 for the purpose of checking this ardor may cow 

 them and set them back a long way in their ed- 

 ucation. Indeed, they may be ruined by the 

 breaker, who mistakes an intense natural love 

 for work for high courage. 



The really high-couraged dog may be checked 

 without receiving a serious setback. Indeed, 

 it often hurries his good work and keeps him 

 from doing further damage. But the breaker 

 must be certain of his dog before he selects his 

 method. He must study his dog, and if he 



