Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
437
Dogs and All about Them
·
Robert Leighton
88
If
you
buy
a
Poodle
puppy
you
will
find
it
like
other
intelligent
and
active
youngsters,
full
of
mischief.
The
great
secret
in
training
him
is
first
to
gain
his
affection.
With
firmness,
kindness,
and
perseverance,
you
can
then
teach
him
almost
anything.
The
most
lively
and
excitable
dogs
are
usually
the
easiest
to
train.
It
is
advantageous
to
teach
your
dog
when
you
give
him
his
meal
of
biscuit,
letting
him
have
the
food
piece
by
piece
as
a
reward
when
each
trick
is
duly
performed.
Never
attempt
to
teach
him
two
new
tricks
at
a
time,
and
when
instructing
him
in
a
new
trick
let
him
always
go
through
his
old
ones
first.
Make
it
an
invariable
rule
never
to
be
beaten
by
him.
If--as
frequently
is
the
case
with
your
dogs--he
declines
to
perform
a
trick,
do
not
pass
it
over
or
allow
him
to
substitute
another
he
likes
better;
but,
when
you
see
he
obstinately
refuses,
punish
him
by
putting
away
the
coveted
food
for
an
hour
or
two.
If
he
once
sees
he
can
tire
you
out
you
will
have
no
further
authority
over
him,
while
if
you
are
firm
he
will
not
hold
out
against
you
long.
It
is
a
bad
plan
to
make
a
dog
repeat
too
frequently
a
trick
which
he
obviously
dislikes,
and
insistence
on
your
part
may
do
great
harm.
The
Poodle
is
exceptionally
sensitive,
and
is
far
more
efficiently
taught
when
treated
as
a
sensible
being
rather
than
as
a
mere
quadrupedal
automaton.
He
will
learn
twice
as
quickly
if
his
master
can
make
him
understand
the
reason
for
performing
a
task.
The
whip
is
of
little
use
when
a
lesson
is
to
be
taught,
as
the
dog
will
probably
associate
his
tasks
with
a
thrashing
and
go
through
them
in
that
unwilling,
cowed,
tail-between-legs
fashion
which
too
often
betrays
the
unthinking
hastiness
of
the
master,
and
is
the
chief
reason
why
the
Poodle
has
sometimes
been
regarded
as
a
spiritless
coward.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
