The Canton times., 1896-06-26

n You Want an Educated Pet Follow
Il These Directions.
Queen Victoria has about IS pet dogs
and, OF course, being royal CANNES, they
live in q royal way; they have hand.
somcly carpeted dining-room. orna-
mented with portraits Of their ances-
tors, and seem very proud Of them.
Whether royal dog needs special train
ing do not know; but If you possess
one OF the regular sort that is content
to live in kennel in the yard and eat
from the same plate us the cat at the
kitchen door, or If he is q pet dog and al
lowed to have his quarters in the house,
these directions will be useful to you
in 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
teachable 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 will be
punishment enough, without resorting
to stick. In training dog it is never
necessary to strike him; he is more
affected by scolding than is child,
and consequently does not need slip
per. You should never scold a 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 it again.
TO teach him to jump, place stick
in doorway, where he cannot crawl
around it; at first place it very low, so
that he can walk over it, and when he
understands you can raise it gradually.
II he doesn't understand at first, jump
the stick yourself to show him, and he
will follow your lead.
Begging" is easy, as it is natural for |
dog to want food; but if he snaps at it |
too soon, cuff his nose and he will soon |
learn the proper way. By practice he
will get his balance on his hind legs,
md be even taught to walk on them by
the morsel about.
When he has mastered this he can bs
taught to ''sit up When standing on
his hind legs you must take one paw in
each ofyour hands and gently press him
nto sitting posture, saying: STEADY!
1T up!" The words: Stand up!"
'Walk!" "Sit up!" should be constantly
'epeated so that the commands will be-
;ome familiar with the actions.
To "shake hands" when heis sitting"
rive him slight cuff under the right
ide of the nose; this will make him lose
lis balance SO that he will raise his right
Jaw. which you must shake, saying:
Shake hands!" When he becomes fa-
liliar with the words in connection
nth his actions, he will readily obey
lone. Practice is the principal thing.
He may be taught to ring bell by I
ying piece of meat on the handle and
cling him to ring the bell' as he
hakes it in endeavoring to get the meat r
#; this being connected with some
hing to eat will always be a pleasant E
,sk when he is learning, but he will a
ION do it for the fun of it and the love l
you. b
To make him walk on his forelegs, Il
SIX him to jump stick, and as he jumps
Itch his, hind legs with the stick SO as :,
hold them up from the ground, say f,
g "hip-hip!" By struggling to keep 4
IS balance he will learn to walk. F."
To make him go lame" keep tapping O.
lie leg till he holds it up. saying at the s
me time, flame, lame." u y
In order to make him creep you must az
I'D him to the floor with your hand al
essed gently on bis head, and walk " "
owly backward, making him follow to to
u, saying "creep, creep" By holding he
IN in this way and saying, "down, DC
wn!" you prepare him for learning or
"die." From the "down" position th
sh him over on his side, and if he does US
t straighten his limbs, do it for him, ~
ling him he is "dead, dead" By the TO
ne he has learned all of these tricks w
will be quite an accomplished dog, :.
4 ready for harder tasks which will #
,rcise his intelligence to a greater TO
tent.-Home Queen. tn