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ticularly aggravating if such companion thinks the dog 

 blamable for the flush, which is usually what he does think. 

 A puppy, in training, after he has learned to point, should 

 not have birds shot to .his flushes. Points alone are to be 

 associated with the killing of a bird. Thoroughly trained, 

 dogs can have birds shot over points or flushes without in- 

 jury to their training if kept within it, but such has no ap- 

 plication to the proper manner of training a puppy; how- 

 ever, as in other cases, this is open to exceptions as in cases 

 where it is desirable to encourage a timid or backward dog, 

 etc., no rule in dog training being strictly arbitrary. 



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