The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-19
HIS FRIENDS The ANIMALS.
NATURE or TEE DUMB BEAST
AS SEEN BY A TRAINER.
roed the Great Key TO Its secret-Giimpscs
Into the Animals M~ind-Fears and
intelligence Of Beasts-Reger, IN AZ.
fectiouate Dog-Proocss Of Trsining.

into the Animals Mind-Fears and
Ipteuig cnoe Of Beasts Roger, an Az
fsctionste ~Dog-Proocss Of Trsining.
.But how do you ever get them to pay
attention, TO stop barking or mewing.
playing and running away from your
-Ah, that's the first. the biggest diff
guilty. replied the animal trainer. n
YOU can get their attention. their eyes and
ears. their obedience, the work Is half done.
Doing tricks Is nothing. II Ia the giving
Themselves UP TO you that Ia hard.
.Monkeys are very difficult. They don't
,ooI AT you. They don't like It. They
.hift and eouirm, blink and twist and turn
like a boy who Ia explaining why he played
hockey.
.Does. now, you can hold, and catsl
Cats viii stare away down into you till
xou wished they would not. II makes
Won uncomfortable. as when you and some
body staring down at your muddy poots,
After talking Familiarity with a oioooed
cat. after getting her TO do something you
go about your business and forget her.
When you look again you find those un-
fstbomable wells. like pools IN a forest,
drawing your reflection down Into them.
sWbst is she thinking about1 h
docs abe think Of you. a~nyway-the brows
almost knit In the effort TO bring her small
mind up TO human processes; or Ii It 70 dis
dain. 70 admire, to long for your You
never will know.
sThe ewes: get the ~eyes-that's b &C.
oret. Il takes a long time with some.
But I do not begin there. ! begin BY doing
nothing
what do you meanf'
p sitting around with them. seeming
to nav no attention TO them. having some
thing they ike TO eat, seeming to eat 1t
myself. leaving Il on my knee, the table.
on the door where they can help themselves
n timid or savage. Desire to eat things
ia the key to their attention; the pivot,
around which the whole thing turns. With
acme the desire for company and dread OF
Loneliness Is almost as strong. But the food
kew is always at hand. ever powerful In
appeal.
Now every type Of animal, from the
biggest to the smallest. Is meant for some
special purpose. To 1T them for this pur-
pose the most astonishing care has been
taken In furnishing them with what Is
necessary.
.You know OF the white birds and animals
vho live In the snow countries; the leaf
colored oaterpillars, the bird that looks
like earth, the n like grass and one you
cannot distinguish from he heather bush
about her nest. Disposition Is just as
strongly marked.
-The terrier wants TO burrow and catch,
the setter to scent and sneak, the hunter TO
run, the bulldog TO fight. i begin TO
train till / have had the animal long enough
around me TO know Just what he or she il
meant for
Then there are two kinds Of training,
mental and muscular. After twenty years
Of constant training, I am free to say that l
think there should be but one, at least that
the mental should precede the other
the latter becomes a more natural, less
cruel process than II IL often made TO be.
'Teach a dog to make a o~artwheel, to walk
on his front paws at oncei You 60 and stand
on your hands, bend your body back or for
ward to touch the floor. Lift yourself from a
sitting position on the hoor without touch
ing Il with your hands-try these exercises
without any preliminary training. See
how you viii like II.
Animals muscular apparatus Ia just like
ours. Separate parts must be- made supple,
strong. tough. before the whole body can
respond In a trick. Some trainers do not
know this. They jerk n pull. hold up,
force, whip, scold, punish h poor beast,
and make him beside himself with fear, In
order 20 mako him perform some next to I'M
possible operation.
'were ! rich ! should never care 20 make
l. -. ..-N.Il. AtAN III ,IN..- a.
sesm like us aud 20 TO make people laugh,
! should be 40 happy 10 see develop In them
the traits belonging 20 them-oh. they
are 20 beautiful, and 20 wonderful. and
people do not know them. That IL edu-
cation. The other IL training
But even for training sufficient of the
mental should pfooede the physical 60 make
tbs animal feel safe la your hands. 90 make
him know that be- will he rev rded. but
never hurt. 90 feel your enthusiasm and
~snJoynsnt, praise and aneotion as ah IN
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