The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-20
HOW TO TRAIN A DOG.
~ You Want An Educated Pet Foiiow
These Directions.

lnt.e Dirtrtiuuns
Queen Victoria has about IS pet dogs.
and, of course, being royal CANNES, they
live in royal way; they have hand
somcly carpeted dining-room. orna-
mented with portraits of their ances-
tors, and seem very proud of them
Whether a royal dog needs special train
ing / do not know; but IL you possess
one of the regular sort that Is content
to live In kennel in the yard and eat
from the same plate as the cat at the
kitchen door. or il he is a pet dog and al
lowed to have his quarters in the house,
these directions will be useful To you
Ina giving him an education.
Dog trainers tell us that. with the
exception of the elephant and the mon
key, dogs are the most intelligent and
tcachable of animals.
The first step in training your dog Is
TO attach him to your person, TO make
him very fond of you, so that the slight
est cross word you may speak viii be
punishment enough, without resortlng
TO stick. In training a dog it is never
necessary to strike him; he is more
affected by scolding than Is child,
and consequently does not need a slip
per. You should never scold dog "for
fun" TO see how "sorry" he will look;
reserve your scolding as punishment,
or you will lose all authority over him.
Never be afraid of encouraging him; let
him know when he has done right, and
lie will be anxious TO DO il again.
To teach him 10 jump, place stick
In doorway, where he cannot crawl
around IL; at first place II very low, SO
that he can walk over IL. and when he
understands you can raise IL gradually.
If he doesn't. understand at first, jump
the stick yourself 10 show him, and he
will follow your lead.
Begging" is easy, as IL is natural for
dog To want food; but II he snaps at IL
too soon. cuff his nose and he will soon
learn the proper way. BY practice he
,gill get his balance on his hind legs,
and be even taught TO walk on them by
following the morsel about.
When he has mastered this he can ba
taught to sit up" When standing on
his hind legs you must take one paw in
each Of your hands and gently press him
into sitting posture saying: "Steadyl
sit up!" The words; Stand up!"
WALK" "Sit up" should be constantly
repeated so that the commands will be-
come familiar with the actions.
To shake hands" when he is sitting"
give him n slight cuff under the right
side of the nose; this will make him lose
his balance so that he will raise his right
paw, which you must shake, saying:
shake hands." When he becomes fa-
miliar with the words in connection
with his actions, he will readily obey
alone. Practice is the principal thing.
He may be taught 10 ring a bell by
tying piece OF meat on the handle and
telling him to ring the bell" as he
shakes IL in endeayoring to get the meat
off; this being connected with some
thing to eat will always be a pleasant
task when he is learning, but he will
soon do IL for the fun of II and the love
of you.
To make him walk on his forelegs,
ask him to jump stick, and as he jumps
catch his hind legs with the stick so as
TO hold them up from the ground, say
ing "hip-hip!" by struggling 10 keep
his balance he will learn to walk.
To make him Ego lame" keep tapping
one leg till he holds IL up, saying at tho
same time, "lame, lame"
In order TO make him creep you must
hold him TO the floor with your hand
pressed gently on his head and walk
slowly backward, making him follow
you, saying creep, creep!" by holding
him in this way and saying, down.
down." you prepare him for learning
to die" From the down" position
push him over on his side, and II he does
not straighten his limbs, do IL for him,
telling him he is dead. dead" BY the
time he has learned all Of these tricks
he will be quite an accomplished dog,
and ready for harder tasks which will
exercise his intelligence TO greater
cxtent.--Home Queen.