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Show i DOGS AT SCHOOL. How Tliey Are Taught rricks Varieties of Character. There is a training school for dogs in Pittsburg, says the Dispatch. A great many of the ' canine family are always there in training. There ' are dogs of all sizes, age? and dispositions. Some are of a blooded race, while others are of the I common, every-day curs met in every I alley and by-way of the city. They are taught to do all the tricks that appear clever when manifested by their class ; but the chief . subject of 'instruction is breaking to wild game. They are taken out to the woods near by, and then the game is furnished by the trainer, and they are given an insight into all the little lit-tle tricks of the profession by an old and experienced dog. Almost any one could do the work done by the trainer if he had the same opportunities and as great a knowledge of "the characters of the dogs. Said the gentleman in charge of the school: , "Dogs are as different m their ways as men. Some you can trust and rely upon, and they will never try to get out of what they know they should do ; others require close watching, or they will always be in mischief. Yes, we have some fine dogs here. You can't always tell which ones they are by their appearance. Those that at a casnal glance present the most repulsive glance are freqently the most valuable. The fine animals are not always those that have long pedigrees, treasured up by their masters. I have had a dog here" that is the most useful, intelligent, and powerful animal under my care; and yet he had no pedigree recorded." "What value do dogs reach ? Oh, they are worth all the way up from $50 to $5,000. There are very few that will fetch the latter figure, however ; a great deal of the value put upon a dog of fine pedigree is merely imaginary. The ancestors of the animal are supposed to impart their worth to him. Our dog shows do a great deal to give dogs of no pedigree a chance to get a reputation and set a value upon themselves There will be some fine Pittsburg unknowns put up at the coming bench exhibition here." |