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all over the yard, etc. This is easily overcome by 
leaving on and attaching the chain to force collar ; he 
will break himself in a very short time of the bad 
habit. 
THE YARD. 
If the foregoing lessons have been given in a 
room, considerable time has been saved, owing to a 
perfect non-disturbance and detraction of the dog’s 
attention during the exercises, but it now becomes 
necessary to go through the usual routine' in the 
open yard—not, however, the field. It will be 
noticed, while all went satisfactorily in the room, at 
first there will be some difficulty in holding the at¬ 
tention of the dog in the yard. Every movement 
of different objects, such as persons passing by, fowls 
being in the neighborhood, the house-cat eyeing 
him, dogs barking close by, etc., etc., will attract 
the pupil’s attention to an astonishing degree, so 
that quite a little time will be consumed teaching 
him that, no matter what the surroundings may be, 
he has but one duty , and that is to give his full at¬ 
tention to the movements of his master, and 
promptly obey orders under all circumstances. 
If the yard is roomy and contains shrubs, trees, 
grass, etc,, it will be all the better for the 
practical instruction to seek “dead bird.” After 
having the pad fetched from various distances and 
directions, (the cord now drags on the ground 
till a reprimand may necessitate the taking same in 
