| "Stay" needs considerable practice when training your | | | | should not beg for food at the table, although here it is |
| puppy. You can teach him to stay either seated or | | | | often the family that must be trained, not the dog! |
| lying down. By repeated practice, say "Stay," walking | | | | You should see that he is not allowed to wander the |
| away, and acting shocked if he rises and follows. Take | | | | neighborhood, making a nuisance of himself, and that |
| him back and go through it again. | | | | he never runs loose in the street. The dog should not |
| Always, of course, return to praise him mightily when | | | | go off your premises without being on a leash. |
| he has "stayed" for even a few brief seconds. | | | | Everything you teach him to do or not to do will help at |
| Gradually lengthen the time. You can perfect this | | | | some time, If the leash breaks or he gets outdoors |
| obedience command while moving about at | | | | without a collar, obeying your call may save his life. An |
| housework or in a cellar workshop; it needn't take too | | | | owner of obedience-trained spaniels once failed to |
| much time after the idea has been implanted. | | | | close her house door when she went to cross the |
| Your dog should also learn to walk on a leash without | | | | street to her car. |
| pulling; the command "Heel" is often used here. As with | | | | Looking back, she saw to her horror two eager little |
| "Stay," practice makes perfect. He should also be | | | | fellows loping down the front steps - and an |
| taught some signal to use when he wants to go out. | | | | automobile coming down the street. She called "Down!" |
| The appropriate bark for speak means he will let you | | | | raising her arm in the obedience-taught gesture. |
| know, if you do not see him at the door, that he needs | | | | Instantly, the little things dropped flat, and the car |
| to go out. | | | | whizzed past between them and their mistress. |
| He should learn not to jump on people, and having him | | | | Not till she called "Come!" did they rise and trot happily |
| "Sit" as a new friend approaches will control his | | | | to her. Obedience training won't "make a robot" of |
| enthusiasm. He also should not bark and dash forward | | | | your dog. It certainly will make a better citizen of him - |
| at anyone, even a suspected interloper, until given a | | | | and who knows? - of you. That's all we could ask, isn't |
| command. He should not be allowed on furniture, | | | | it? |
| unless you permit him on one special chair; he also | | | | |