g 2 MODERN TRAINING. 



fault shown should be visited with instant and severe pun- 

 ishment. Careful discrimination should be observed as to 

 errors arising from inexperience, or accident, or design. 

 With the average dog, mild corrections repeated with each 

 recurrence of the fault will have much better effect than 

 attempting to cure it at one effort. It is also worthy of 

 note that heavy whippings, long continued, will have the 

 some pernicious effects on the constitution that similar pun- 

 ishment has from the spike collar. 



To such men as do not hesitate to kick their dogs (the 

 number is not so few as might be supposed), there is but a 

 waste of time in describing the worse than brutality of the 

 act. Unhampered by the restraints of law and without 

 fear from the known helplessness of their dogs, they simply 

 show their real nature. when free from restraint. 



The whistle is a very important instrument in handling a 

 dog when afield. It should have a full tone, of medium 

 pitch, such whistle being easier to blow and more effective 

 since it can be heard further than one which produces 

 a shrill, thin tone, or a large one which produces a 

 low, heavy one. A whistle is all that is necessary as a 

 whistle. The metal double barreled affairs, with tones like 

 a miniature fog horn, are cumbersome to carry, offensively 

 noisy, and moreover are unnecessary. 



A metal whistle is very objectionable for constant use. 

 The oxide, which is sure to accumulate, is very disagreeable 

 to the taste, and it will make the mouth sore. In frosty 

 weather, from being full of frost, it is particularly disagree- 

 able. The hardness and weight of the metal are also un- 

 pleasant to the teeth. 



The best whistles are made of wood, deer horn or cellu- 

 loid, the latter being very neat, light, and of good tone; and 

 all are free from the objectionable qualities of metal whistles. 

 Whatever kind is used, it should have a mouthpiece so 



