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Gaines Dog Research Center Blanche Saunders American Kennel Club 61414 (1954)

1954 · Short film · 21 min

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The Gaines Dog Research Center presents Training You To Train Your Dog, a short training film based off of the book by Blanche Saunders. The film shows viewers how to effectively house train, punish, feed, and groom a dog. The film opens with a black standard poodle barking at the camera. The film then shows livestock, including horses, cattle, and pigs. A man rides a horse-drawn plow. A Doberman pincher walks with a U.S. MP (01:58) at a military base. Women work at the office of the American Kennel Club (02:39). The film shows several human society buildings. Men examine dogs at a show dog competition. Children walk dogs in a parade or fundraising walkathon. Young women work on training their dogs in a courtyard. Puppies nurse on their mother. Young puppies play together. A boy corrals a young dog in a crib-like kennel. A young boy takes a collie puppy on a short walk (07:03). A boxer puppy is confined to small space lined with newspapers (08:55). The boxer sits in an arm chair. A woman smacks the nose of the boxer after the dog tries to eat food off a coffee table. The woman works on training her boxer to heal, stay, and come (13:58). The film shows a handful of other dogs, including a dachshund, a springer spaniel, and a cocker spaniel. A boy feeds two black standard poodles (16:45). Another boy uses a thermometer to take the temperature of his dog. A woman and her dog get into a station wagon to go for a drive. A woman demonstrates how to properly bathe a dog (19:00),…

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Running time
21 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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