HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1913 
Do not prolong- these lessons unduly. Re¬ 
member that sitting up is an unnatural 
posture for any dog, and is tiring espe¬ 
cially to a half-grown puppy. Let your 
pupil rest frequently, and the mutual re¬ 
sults will be better. 
And now just a few words in regard to 
rewards for proficiency in performing- 
tricks. About 499 people out of 500 seem 
to think that a lump of sugar or some such 
stuff is absolutely necessary to induce 
Terry or Waldemar to go through his 
paces. It’s not. A trick, no matter how 
absurd it may be, should be considered by 
the dog as just as much a matter of 
obedience pure and simple as anything else 
you tell him to do. In some cases (I hes¬ 
itate to say this for fear the excuse may 
be too often used) a tidbit may be offered 
to cure a bad case of the sulks, but for a 
general working rule limit your reward to 
a pat and a few words of praise. Thus 
will your dog be dependable when required 
to “show off” and you will not have to 
keep on hand a box of fancy crackers or 
a pound of chocolate creams for his espe¬ 
cial benefit. R. S. L. 
Our Winter in the Happy Valley 
(Continued from page 94) 
between the sleigh and the horse.” 
“Is that what you would have done?” 
This was from the head of the table. 
“I’m through, lets get busy!” exclaimed 
the irrepressible Madge. “What can we 
do to-day?” 
“Can’t you think of anything?” 
“Think of too much. I want to snow- 
shoe, to ski — is there any such word?— 
to coast, climb the mountain, visit Butter¬ 
milk Falls, go through the gorge where I 
hear the water roaring this minute — ” 
“Better begin with the gorge. It is the 
nearest, and the shortest trip you can 
make.” 
“But it is more than half a mile 
through.” 
“But you can't go through. Giants 
forty feet tall guard that gorge. Flarry 
can creep a few feet under the rocks with 
his camera and get a view .of the mouth 
of the cavern from within.” 
"That will only take half an hour. We 
will go to Buttermilk Falls afterward.” 
But no one ever broke the spell of that 
gorge in winter in less than half a day 
and dinner was ready for the young folks 
when they returned to the cabin. Madge 
spent the short afternoon on snow-shoes, 
while Harry and Jack took turns in being 
bucked off the skis as they dragged a 
flexible flyer to which Marian clung, down 
a steep hill through the drifted snow. It 
was after supper when Marian, who was 
sitting beside me, demurely asked: 
What is it to be keelhauled, Uncle 
Archie?” 
It is having a line that passes beneath 
the keel tied to you and being hauled by 
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