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if you are close enough to Dayton to want 
to see the opposite proved true, my dogs are 
a living example of the fact that my 
methods will produce results. Allow me to 
add that I have but little doubt that many 
people will not be able to accomplish results 
along just the lines I do—but in nine cases 
out of ten, that will be their fault and not the 
fault of their dogs. My methods will pro¬ 
duce remarkable results if the master is equal 
to doing his part along the lines this book 
suggests . 
But theories and generalities are cheap, 
and only specific cases count, so permit 
me to be specific and illustrate my point by 
telling exactly how I taught Smada Byrd 
to stay where I tell her to stay until I give 
her permission to leave. 
I didn’t bother with her on this point un¬ 
til occasion arose when it would be a real 
service to me for her to do this thing. 
My property adjoins the Dayton Country 
Club and I find it very refreshing during the 
summer months to stop by there for a 
shower before dinner in the evening on 
my way home from the office. One day I 
