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CANINE EDUCATION. the Fad to Have a Trick Dojr to Amuse Your Viaitora Points on tho Training of of Instruction und the Result! That May Be Not So Bard If Rightly Undertaken, ICOPYRIGBT, 1891.1 fiducated flogs ore becoming quite the fashion in New York. The society Doling men and women intrust their pets to professors of canine cult.v»e, and the acquirements of the beasts make up lor their owners' deficiencies whtn there are callers to be entertained. An intelligent dog can be trained in five or six months to a degree of development so high that a Fifth avenue dude is hardly a. fit companion for him, intellectually.

It hasnjt yet become enough of a fad to induce many men to enter the ranks ol canine instructors, and as a rule the work is done by some exhibitor of trained dogs, who may be "laying off" for the season. With society women it is quite the thing to say: "I taug-ht dear little all my own self and entirely by so much as boxed his ears." When little Fido hears this, he lies down and dies, if that trick is in his repertory. The spread of this fancy, is slower than it might otherwise. be, the popularity of the png dog 1 A pug doesn't do anything, and is proud of his ignorance. He doesn't want to learn, anfl if you hammer a trick into his thick DTEKLUGEXT DOG.

Head he will always do it just as badly as he can. I Obtained this, information Prof. Harry Parker, who ex- Mbited the trained dogs at the big show Madison Square garden. He also gave me a number of points about the proper method of conducting "the education of a dog, which may be nsef nl to outsiders who desire to copy the latest New York society fad. and haven't instructor at hand.

It isn't so hard a nor so long, as one might suppose; it's quite worth undertaking, for lots of ftin to be had with a well -trained dog. After the first drudgery is over, the work progresses rapidly and the extent and variety of the resulting amusement depends principally upon. the ingenuity of the trainer. But the process must be gone through sys- 'tematically. It is nearly useless to "tempt to teach a dog spherical geometry in the first lesson.

After talking with Prof. Parker I'be- gan to understand one of my own early lailures, when I tried to instruct one of the most intelligent Newfoundlands that ever well, I won't begin to lie about that dog. Suffice it to say that I made no progress whatever, because- 1 never taught him the primary lesson of obedience. That dog had no more idea of high authority than a New tough with a "pull." He would deceive my instructions with a con- -temptuous disregard, which was as -much as to say; "Go learn a few tricks yourself so that I can have a proper respect for you." I should have made him understand that I was the master, and I then I. might have been.

The most difficult trick of all is to teach a dog to mind, and it is ordinarily made nearly impossible by compli- eating the idea with several others. the obedience be very simple at says the professor. Do not try to -train a dog in a room full of furniture people. Take him, if possible, to an entirely room, and let nobody TRAINED DOGS. in.

Begin- by teaching him to sit a certain place, and not to leave it I he is called. Make him come instantly when he is spoken to, and return when he is commaitided. Don't let his mind get away from these fun- in course of La lessiraj and do not experiment with piim aimlessly, nor allow anybody else -to do so. connection with the the i-room, you may carry on an outdoor Straining which is equally simple. Teach dog to walk with.

you. For this purpose it is much better to lead him a chain than to let him run Hake him -walk by your side for while, then a little behind you; then a little ahead of you. Do not let him pull the chain, but teach him to with a steady gait. Of course he will try to do everything don't want him to do, at first. Sim- show him that he can't, but don't him.

him when he well, but not too lavishly. As to' the bad effects of it can be overcome- Not even those who make training dogs a profession can "tweak" a dog with the whip, and prevent him from showing the method of his education. He will hang- his head and carry his tail between his legs whenever he is told to do a trick, and the more you try to break him of the habit, the more persistently it will show itself. Teaching the dog to walk with the chain is called "chain breaking," and the best men in the business regard it as an indispensable rudimentary exercise. When the dog has learned this, and has also learned to keep his seat until he is told to leave it, and to go back to it promptly and cheerfully when sent, the worst of the work is over.

It should not require more than two months with a good dog, and the amount of instruction per day that his master would ordinarily be willing to give. Then begin with a simple trick. A dog trained to obedience will learn to "shake hands" in a single lesson. Always use the same form of words with each trick, and pronounce them distinctly. It is wonderful how perfect will be his recognition of the words after a little while, and how wide a vocabulary he can be given.

When he knows how to shake hands politely, let him shut the door. This may be easily taught by simply leading him up to it, and such other guidance as will constantly suggest itself. Then you may teach him to go lame. Make him walk slowly by you; and, as he goes, touch the leg in sxich a way as to give him the gait you desire. Be careful not to hurt him.

Three or four lessons will give him a good counterfeit limp in a fore leg. Then he may "die for his country." Pronounce the word clearly and then roll him over into the proper position. If he is bright dog he will "catch on" quickly and may very likely surprise you by clever little poses which show how truly he has grasped the idea. Probably he doesn't know that he is counterfeiting death, but he perceives' that an apparent entire suspension of animation" and a general air of dejection are required of him. The most trick of all is jumping, because it can be turned to so many of action by the use of different obstacles.

To teach a dog to jump, place him on your left and hold the chain attached to his collar in your right hand. Hold your whip in your left hand. Of course you have a whip, although, as I have said, you must never use it so as to break a dog's spirit. He may be corrected a little without becoming a "whipped cur." Hold the whip, then, a little way from the floor, and lead the dog over it. He will walk over at first.

Let him understand that the necessary thing is to pass over. Then lift him a little with the chain so as to urge him to jump. It won't take him long to see what's wanted. Jumping isn't altogether out of his daily line of experience; It is important to teach him some word or worus which he shall always associate jumping. A dog that is taught to jump at the command "go over" will not know what you mean if you say up at first.

Dont grasp him in such a way as to prevent his taking the po sition that is easiest for him. He probably knows more about that than you do; and if you hold him rigidly in a position which defies the law of gravi tation, he will never learn the trick. DATID WECHSLBK. report to congress of the commissioner of patents, Hon. C.

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Dogs are good jumpers, especially greyhounds which are used for that purpose most often oa the stage. It is their ability in this direction that leads them into a professional career. Otherwise their timidity might exclude them from the "boards." They are very susceptible to stage fright. It was really funny to watch one of Prof. Parker's jumping greyhounds.

He can't learn' to face a.n audience boldly. When he goes off the stage for the running start for a high jump, he is so diffident about appearing again that he creeps in slowly with all the marks of a genuine "first night" scare about him. It is not till he is almost in the middle of the he really runs freely. This nervousnesS'hampers him as a leaper, and if he had not exceptional natural abilities he would be useless for public exhibitions. After a dog has learned to jump he may be taught to walk on his hind legs or his fore legs alone.

It is not every dog that can- learn this trick well; and contrary to one's ordinary idea; it is easier as a rule to teach'a dog to walk on his fore than on his hind legs. The latter method of locomotion requires more strength in the back than some dog's possess. 'It is easy to recognize this deficiency when teaching the animal to "stand up," which must, of course, precede the walking, just as sitting up precedes standing. It is well to teach a dog to stand on his luind feet by holding up before him something tempting in the edible line; and nothing suits the canine palate or encourages effort like fried liver. There may be some variety in tastes here as elsewhere, but on the whole fried liver is the most stimulating delicacy that can be used in the schoolroom.

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