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Show M-:-x-x-:'X-:-x-Mx-;-z-:-x-:-r-:-xx-:-x-:-zx-Xvz-:-xx-:-sx-M-M.:-x-M-M- Dog Trainers Differ in Methods of Work through one's hands. The objection '.s that the trick dog comes to look for signals from his master and is less likely to act on his own Initiative. On the other hand, many trainers take an opposite view and think that learning learn-ing tricks is good discipline and help-" in a doc's general mental development Fred C. Kelly, in Hearst's Interna tlonal -Cosmopolitan. Most dog trainers deny the truth of the saying that you can't teach old dogs new tricks. The facts appear to he that a dog more (ban two years old is more easily taught than the average av-erage puppy because he is more capable capa-ble of understanding what you wish him to do. Many an intelligent dog is spoiled by too insistent efforts to correct minor faults in the early stages of his training. His spirit is broken before be-fore he has an opportunity to learn j tilings worth while. Many dog trainers, train-ers, in handling hunting-dogs, or even watch-dogs, insist that they should not be taught little tricks, such as silting up and begging for food, or Jumping |