136 TRAINING DOGS. 
When he will do it readily, you may teach. him to put 
his head down upon his paws, by placing it there, and 
repeating the word “ Down,” of course caressing him 
each time that he complies. © To have him hold his head 
up, tap him under the mouth and say, “ Up /” remember- 
ing to say, “That will do/” when you are through with 
the trick. You may now teach him to jump over the 
chair by playfully coaxing him to do so, saying, 
(33 Jump is 
TO MAKE HIM GO LAME, 
Tap him with a little rod upon the hind-foot, saying, 
“Lame!” teaching him to stand and hold it up whenever 
you say “lame.” Now coax him along, and if he puts 
it down, hit him quite smartly on the foot, making him 
keep it up until he will go lame at the word and a 
motion of the rod. Now, whenever you send him into 
the chair, as before, as he goes to jump down, stop him, 
teaching him to wait for the word “Do.” As he comes 
down with his fore-feet on the floor say, “Steady /” and 
teach him to stop with his hind-legs up in the chair. 
He is now ready 
TO RUN ON HIS FORWARD LEGS. 
To teach him this, take hold of his hind-legs, lift them 
up and walk him around in a circle, and place them in 
a chair, saying, “Round!” Do this every time you per- 
form the trick of having him get into the chair. After 
a while take him by the tail and lifthim up, and, 
switching his hind-legs lightly, walk him around in 
the same manner, saying, “Round /” as before. With 
patience and perseverance he will learn to lift up his 
hind-legs at the motion of the whip, and at the words, 
“Go around /” perform a circle, walking on his forward 
