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talk, remonstrance and scolding, has much- more effect 
than a savage, passionate beating. 
When obdurate stubbornness is evinced and persisted 
in, chastisement proportionate must follow, until victory 
remains with the authority and the right. But, where a 
dog is so incorrigibly obstinate and vicious a brute—for 
vicious and wicked dogs do occur, just as much, though 
not nearly so often, as vicious and wicked men, and both 
are equally conscious of their own wickedness and vice— 
it is by far better to get rid of him at once, than for one 
to sour his own temper, harden his own heart, disturb his 
friends’ nerves and equanimity, and torture the worthless 
cur by incessant fustigation, in the hope of bringing him 
into subjection. 
To my mind, no excellence of nose, of ranging quali- 
ties, of speed, endurance, or stanchness, can compensate 
for such inherent defects of temper in the animal, as re- 
quire continual chastisement. 
It is as easy to ascertain whether a dog is docile, reason- 
ably mindful and good-tempered, as whether he has a good 
nose, sufficient speed, and enough intellect to be worth 
breaking. If he have not the former qualities, I would 
reject him as quickly as for the lack of the latter. 
But it may be set down for certain, that not one 
highly-bred and highly-spirited dog in a hundred but can 
be broke, thoroughly and to perfection, by steady, firm 
and temperate management, without, I will not say, pun- 
-ishment or occasional severity, but any thing in the least 
degree approaching to cruelty. 
When a dog is once thoroughly broke, it is his master’s 
