PRINCIPLES OF DOG TRAINING. 
CHAPTER I. 
HOW TO HANDLE A DOG. 
Ir, reader, you are a novice in handling dogs, 
are impatient, excitable, and easily angered, and 
you do not feel certain that you can restrain your 
temper under circumstances more than ordinarily 
trying, then I would advise you not to undertake 
the management of a well bred pup. These 
faults are grievous; their influence upon him 
would be hurtful, and not impossibly ruinous. 
You would, therefore, do better to procure for 
your use a dog already broken, and fixed in habit 
and character. 
The first and most essential attribute in a 
trainer is a natural affection for his dog, and the 
indispensable qualifications to ensure success are 
patience and perseverance. He may unite temper 
with these qualities, but must not display the 
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