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January, 19 
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you may begin to slacken up on the chain 
a little, at the same time watching closely 
for any move away from position and 
checking it promptly should it occur. The 
releasing word (“on” is as good as any) 
should be given only when the lesson is 
over and you unfasten the chain from the 
dog’s collar. It will probably be quickly 
learned and obeyed with alacrity, espe¬ 
cially if accompanied by a wave of the 
hand and a sort of “all right, old boy — it's 
all over” manner. 
When you think that the dog fully un¬ 
derstands “heel” in so far as it means 
following close behind you, and when he 
obeys it properly while on the short chain, 
commence to teach him that the order 
signifies also coming to the required posi¬ 
tion from a distance . Obviously, tbe way 
to make this point plain to the pupil is 
to use a longer chain or cord, allowing him 
to move about and away from you, then 
ordering “heel” and if need be drawing 
him into position with the cord. Prob¬ 
ably one or two lessons will be sufficient 
for this last step; if so, dispense with the 
cord and drill the dog thoroughly with¬ 
out it. 
This, then, is the last of the three main 
accomplishments in the elementary school¬ 
ing of the well-mannered dog; the other 
two — “come” and “lie down” — have been 
considered in former articles of this series. 
Frequent rehearsal of all three has driven 
their meaning home beyond peradventure 
of doubt. If you have been painstaking 
and thorough in the work, perfecting your 
pupil in each lesson before taking up a 
new one. always insistent upon strict 
obedience, but never losing your temper 
in striving to secure it, and allowing no 
one else to meddle in the teaching, you 
should now have a dog that it is a satis¬ 
faction to own. In the close companion¬ 
ship which the course of teaching has 
brought about, he has learned to look 
upon you more or less as an idol, a su¬ 
perior being at once to worship and re¬ 
spect. He has learned that your word is 
law, and his brain has been developed 
along definite lines of usefulness. The 
foundation has been laid; the “three R’s,” 
in a manner of speaking, are an accom¬ 
plished fact, so in the next instalment we 
will take up a more advanced course. 
Preserving Eggs. 
HP HERE are times when your hens may 
A not lay an egg — and yet you will 
want to be having eggs on the table every 
day if possible. At those same times other 
hens may be on a strike, too, and the local 
market, in common with all others, will 
be poorly supplied with eggs. That’s 
when eggs for breakfast regularly would 
make a man feel like a millionaire. Yet 
we can all have eggs at just this time from 
our small flocks of fowls on farm or vil- 
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