178 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



A DOG FOR SQUIRREL HUNTING 



Will you kindly inform me what, in your opin 

 ion, is the best kind of dog to purchase for hunt 

 ing squirrels? Would a combination hunter do, 

 such as would tree " coons, " 'possums, and trail 

 rabbits as well? 



In this part of the country (the Cumberland 

 Mountains) the squirrel hunting is excellent, but 

 the hunting is confined chiefly to the negroes and 

 the mountaineers, who use common hounds and 

 mongrels. My little boys are eager for the sport, 

 and if I get a dog for them I want to have some 

 thing better than the " suck-egg " variety of 



hound. 



JOHN M. McBRYDE, JR. 



Ans. A good family dog that could be taught 

 to tree squirrels is the Airedale. He is faithful, 

 courageous and affectionate, and is a splendid 

 watchdog, and can be taught retrieving and sight 

 hunting of all kinds ; he soon learns to tree mark 

 a squirrel. 



THE AIREDALE AS A PHEASANT DOG 



Will you kindly give me your opinion as to 

 making a bird-dog of an Airedale? In my part 

 of the country we have only pheasants to hunt. 



