130 TRAINING DOGS. 
“Come here, sir!” Without the word here he will not 
know what you mean, and the others, being meaningless 
to him, do not puzzle him. He will also be less liable to 
have too many masters, as the one word will not be 
likely to be used every time by a person unacquainted 
with your mode of training. Of course, if you prefer 
it, you may, in giving the lesson, substitute other words 
for those laid down; but we give those which are the 
readiest to the tongue. 
As the dog comes up, whether voluntarily or not, say, 
“Do!” and caress him. A lesson of an hour or two, 
working slowly and patiently, will be about right each 
time. Proceed with it until he will come to you from 
any portion of the room at the word “here.” He 
will have learned by this time, probably, that the word 
“do” is for him to understand that you are through. - 
with him. When he perfectly realizes this, you may 
then prefix words, and say, “That will do,” emphasizing 
upon the word do each time. You may also now say, 
“Come here /” remembering that the words here and do 
are the only ones he obeys. He can not connect words 
to form sentences, or be made to understand them when 
thus connected. 
You now wish to teach him the words “ Go” and 
“ Halt.” To do this, you will place yourself in a posi- 
tion of the room opposite to where the dog would 
naturally desire to go, (for instance, the door, or some- 
thing which would attract him, such as food.) Say, 
“Go !” and by coaxing and urging him, start him along; 
as he gets part of the way, say, “Halt!” pull upon the 
string, stopping him, and say, “Halt!” again. Proceed 
with this until he has learned to obey both the words 
“go” and “halt.” To teach these four words named 
will generally take three or four weeks. Now teach 
