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which it is applicable; but, on the other hand, 
there is no instrument more harmful or cap¬ 
able of more brutal action than is the spike 
collar when improperly applied. 
The advantages of the collar when used to 
force the dog to “Come on” are that it inflicts 
pain upon him at the time and place that he is 
guilty of disobedience. 
If he is standing at a distance from his 
handler he thereby has no immunity from pun¬ 
ishment when the collar is on his neck. It 
forces him to come in, however much he may 
struggle against it. In the meantime, the trainer 
need not make any alarming demonstration, it 
being quite different from the portentously 
hostile actions inseparable from the use of the 
whip. The force is so directly and promptly 
applied that the pupil associates it entirely with 
the act of disobedience. 
The whip is not even remotely a substitute 
for the collar in teaching this order. If the 
puppy comes in and is whipped, he observes 
that punishment is the result. He soon shows 
reluctance in coming in when there are grounds 
to suspect a whipping. On the other hand, the 
collar forces him to obey, and then punishment 
ceases. If the trainer then caresses him, there¬ 
by indicating that he has done quite right, he 
quickly learns that obedience results in that 
which is pleasurable instead of that which is 
painful. 
The collar punishes the dog when he is in 
the act of disobedience; the whip punishes after 
he has obeyed. Besides being promptly effec¬ 
tive in establishing obedience, the collar is 
permanent in its effect. 
The manner of applying the collar is simple. 
It is put on the puppy’s neck, with twenty or 
thirty yards of strong, light cord attached to it. 
The trainer, holding the end of the cord in his 
hand, and the pupil being any number of yards 
away within the compass of the cord, quietly 
gives the order and pulls in the dog at the 
same time. The latter, in all probability, 
struggles and attempts to run away, or furiously 
he may attempt to fight the collar. In any case, 
the trainer holds him steadily till his flurry is 
over. He soon becomes convinced that on his 
part the attempt to meet force with force is 
futile and painful. 
No attempting at schooling should be made 
till the dog ceases struggling and is reconciled 
to yield to the force of the collar. This may 
require two or three minutes, or two or three 
lessons, according to the circumstances of the 
case. When he accepts the collar peacefully, 
give the command “Come in.” and pull him in 
within reach of the hand, so that he may be 
petted and caressed till he has recovered his 
self-confidence and composure. The trainer 
next walks away, repeats the order, and pulls 
the dog in again if he disobeys. 
He soon notes that the punishment is most 
likely to occur when he is away from his 
handler, and will endeavor to follow him closely 
about as he walks away. This anticipation of 
the order may be guarded against by fastening 
a wooden or iron pin to the cord four or five 
feet from the collar and sticking it in the 
ground. The trainer then walks away, waits a 
few moments, gives the order calmly, at the 
same time pulling on the cord, which in turn 
pulls the pin out of the ground, thereby per¬ 
mitting the dog to come in promptly if he will 
do so, or, otherwise, forcing him to come in. 
These lessons should be repeated till he will 
come in promptly to the order. Next, in a 
room or yard from which he cannot escape, he 
may be drilled without the collar. If he dis¬ 
obeys, it is put on him, and the forcing process 
is repeated. The lessons are repeated till he 
will obey from habit. 
In the field he will need much further disci¬ 
plining in this as in other branches of his edu¬ 
cation, as the temptation to act independently is 
a great incentive to disobedience. 
A proper composure and deliberation on the 
part of the trainer add greatly to the efficacy of 
the lessons. Hurry and senseless violence do 
much to retard progress in this as in all other 
branches of the dog’s education. 
A long blast on the whistle is commonly used 
to denote the same act as the command, and it 
is taught in precisely the same manner. 
Notwithstanding the ease and thoroughness 
with which “Come in” may be taught, there are 
few dogs which are properly proficient in it. 
At field trials, in particular, the place where 
one would expect to find the greatest perfec¬ 
tion in matters of obedience, it not infrequently 
happens that the trainer engages in a laborious 
task when he attempts to bring a dog in during 
a heat or at other times. Some field trial 
handlers find it necessary to keep their dogs on 
chain to prevent them from breaking away 
when they desire them to cease work. All this 
shows rank neglect of the proper discipline 
from a field point of view, though it has for a 
purpose the encouragement of the dog to re¬ 
main out at his work when in competition, re¬ 
gardless of the whistling or ordering indulged 
in by an opposing handler. The handlers of 
such dogs, independent of competitive con¬ 
sideration, are generally satisfied to control 
them in any kind of slipshod manner rather 
than to take the more troublesome and efficient 
method of teaching the command specially till 
it is thoroughly inculcated as a matter of 
obedience. 
GAME IN TOWN. 
Benjamin W. Mayo, a plumber, was riding 
down Court street in Bangor on his bicycle one 
morning recently, says the Maine Woods, when 
he saw a cow moose in the middle of the street. 
He looked at the moose and the moose looked at 
him. Then she walked across the sidewalk, 
jumped a fence and meandered down toward 
Kenduskeag stream. According to various more 
or less exaggerated reports, the moose ate up 
all of the garden sass on the upper west side, 
tramped down lawns, scared some folks, and 
then swam the stream and disappeared out 
Essex street. Mr. Mayo, who seems to be the 
only one who is willing to express a definite 
opinion, says that the moose was a nearly fud 
grown cow and appeared rather tired and indif¬ 
ferent, as if she had come a long way to see 
the city and was rather bored at her reception. 
Moose have been in Bangor before, although 
perhaps none at such calling hours as past 7 
a. m. In fact, the visits of the denizens of the 
jungles are not at all infrequent. Some of the 
night police have a collection of just-so stories 
about animals in Bangor that would make Kip¬ 
ling look like a contributor to the farm page. 
AFTER A VICTIM. 
“How did that city feller come to run his 
automobile in the creek?” asked Pa Farms. 
“I guess th’ wasn’t nothin’ in the road fer 
him to run over,” said o'd man Acres, “and so 
he tried for a fish.”—Buffalo Express. 
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