Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-04

Education.
The training of a dog should begin
very early, as soon, indeed, as a pup
py Is able to take notice. The first
thing puppy should be taught 10
his name, and it Is q bad plan to
select long one for dog. One Of Q
single syllable is the best, and 1t
should have sharp and definite
sound.
There is difference between train
ing and breaking. The former is
done by patient kindness and firm
insistence. The latter is accom-
plished by making dog do this and
not do that for fear of beating.
Training is infinitely preferable, for
many dogs are utterly ruined by too
great severity in process of breaking.
When dog understands his name,
he should be taught to do one thing
at time at command. When he has
learned to lie down and get up when
so ordered, he should be taught to
abstain from taking food placed near
him. These things can be quickly
taught to an intelligent puppy by any
patient child or grown person, and
no rules need be given.
Let the puppy understand that
while these lessons are being given
he is not being played with. To
make him lie down when the master
says "down!" force the puppy gently
down, and persist in this, and keep
putting him back in the position I'M
til he is clucked to and told to get up.
The latter he will do very readily.
To keep him from taking food
placed in front of him, first say to
the pupil, down. Then put the
tempting food in front of him, and
persist in making him sit down and
refrain from taking it. This is very
easily done.
One can also teach dog to beg for
his food with bark by saying to
him, Speak for it, and giving him
something he is particularly fond of
when he complies with the order.
With dogs that walk with their mas
tiers, either in town or country, it is
important to teach them to follow at
the heel. This can be done by using
the lash till the dog understands
what the command "to heel! !" means.
Obedience in all dogs must be incul-
Gated while they are young. With
out this, at later period, all efforts
are useless, for it has become an
axiom that, sit is hard to teach old
dogs new tricks
Some dogs, in the work they per-
form, are but following this instinct.
This is notably the case in the grey
hound and terrier families. The
former hunt game by sight, and the
latter are chiefly useful as destroyers
of vermin. Good manners and obe-
dience are about all the training
these dogs require. Sporting dogs,
such as pointers, settlers and retriev-
ers, do the work required of them to
an extent by instinct, but before
these dogs are valuable in the field
their instincts have to be cultivated
by very careful education.
How to do this cannot be told here
indeed. it can be learned only by
watching the methods of some one
expert in the art. The business of
the mastiff is to protect property, and
of the st. Bernard to save life, while
that of the collie is to watch anG
herd sheep. Each Of these dogs haf
acquired an instinct for his special
business, but each needs to be spec
tally trained by those who have been
accustomed to use them. But each
of these dogs, even when the owner
has no serious work to be done, can
be easily taught to be amiable, and,
above all things, obedient.