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Show A Dog'a Education. Given an equal amount of intelligence ;it the start, a doer, which has been well traiaad is worth twice na much as one untaught. It is as true of dogs us of ; men. Education counts. Do. not undertake to teach n puppy unless you have a large stock of patience, L'uless you can control your temper and . be persif-tent in teaching your best ' course is to buy a dog already trained. I Jut if you want real dog love and con- Rdeuce tako the animal in his puppy- ; hood, as soon as ha in ablo to feed htm- : self, mid yorr efforts will be crowned j with a greater success than ever conies otherwise. No dog ever loves any one so well as his traveller, who represents to him the wisdom aud power of tho world. A dog's world, you know, is a very narrow nar-row one. Suppose yourself the owner of a pnp-py. pnp-py. fie is entirely ignorant. "Come here!" "(io there!" mean the same to him, since they mean nothing at all. He must first learn what you want, and i there you must give yourself the first lesson in pntience. Liegin with, "Come here!" You can makn him understand what this means by allowing him to seo his food in yonr J hand. Tench bim nothing else until he ; knows perfectly what that means and I obeys it. i When he comes to yon pat him and i pet him. Dogs are ninth like children, i fond of praise and equally fond of their j own ways. If you tell your dog to come to yon make him do it. If ho never disobeys dis-obeys ho will never know he can disobey, Youth's Companion. |