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pocket — the Kid had learned what 
“Come On” meant. At the end of this 
lesson I patted and praised the pup, gave 
him a good meal and left him at his ken- 
nel with his tail wagging. 
The next lesson was in retrieving. He 
did this naturally, but needed some point- 
ers to perfect him. I first picked up a 
small wooden block and threw it off 
about eight feet in front of him. He 
ran after it but did not pick it up. 1 
then threw my glove and the Kid ran 
and picked it up. I called to him with 
the order “Come On” and took the glove 
from his mouth. He never refused to 
retrieve my glove. My problem here 
was quite simple as all I had to do was 
to substitute other objects for the glove. 
First I would have him fetch the glove 
several times, then without his seeing 
me, I would substitute the block. .The 
Kid would run to it but refuse to pick 
it up. When using the glove I would 
say “Dead Bird, Fetch” and the pup 
now knew what that order meant, but 
refused to obey it on the wooden block. 
The glove made a fine object to chew 
and play with and the Kid took full ad- 
vantage of this. I wanted to discourage 
this playing, so decided to teach him 
forced retrieving. This was accom- 
plished by placing the pup squarely in 
front of me and forcing his mouth open 
with one hand while the block was 
placed inside with the other, and held 
there for about a minute. While forcing 
him to take the block I repeated the 
order “Fetch” several times. He knew 
what I wanted him to do but stubbornly 
refused. I almost lost my patience in 
this lesson, but remembered that if I did 
I might spoil all that had been accom- 
plished, so I took the Kid back to his 
kennel. The next evening I tried him 
again and the very first time I offered 
him the block and said “Fetch,” he took 
hold and held it. From that time on he 
would retrieve almost anything from 
land. 
'^HE Kid now was retrieving in a 
business-like manner, but I wanted 
him to fetch, sit down in front of me 
and hold the “Dead Bird” until I took 
it from his mouth. Therefore I must 
teach him to “Sit” and “Hold.” It was 
a simple and easy matter to teach him 
to “Sit.” I took hold of his collar with 
one hand, and gently forced him to a sit- 
ting position with the other by pushing 
down on his hind quarters, at the same 
time repeating the command “Sit” sev- 
eral times. After he had learned the 
meaning of the order “Sit” and would 
obey promptly, I began to move about 
him while he was in a sitting position. I 
kept this up till I could go out of his 
sight, even to walking around the house 
and coming up behind him without his 
moving. When I first went out of his 
sight while he was at “Sit,” I would 
place him close to one side of the house 
and walking backwards with my eye on 
him disappear around the corner. From 
there I would peek out at him, being 
sure he saw me, then dodge back out of 
sight. If he made an attempt to move I 
would order “Sit.” He soon learned that 
he must sit still until ordered up. A 
young dog that is as full of pep as the 
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