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