232 MODERN TRAINING. 



lar may be dispensed with and the lessons conducted in the 

 yard until he will obey the lightest note. If he refuses to 

 go out to a signal of the hand, force may be used to com- 

 pel him. The writer, by this method, has trained dogs to 

 perfect obedience, which were both headstrong and sulky. 

 To put them under restraint was to induce a spell of sulki- 

 ness. They were determined to either work in their own 

 way or not at all. By taking them into a yard as above de- 

 scribed, and forcing them to obedience, a superior finish 

 was put on their education. If the dog goes into a corner 

 and sulks, the trainer simply gives the signal to Go on, and 

 thereupon drives the dog on with the whip. When he learns 

 that he cannot be disobedient, his sullenness will gradually 

 disappear. 



After these lessons, it is better to leave the spike collar 

 on him for a few days while in field work. The presence 

 of it will cause him to be obedient many times when, if it 

 were absent, he would refuse to obey; besides, it is ready 

 for instant use if he should presume on changed surround- 

 ings to be disobedient. This is strictly a forcing method, 

 and should not be used if dogs can be otherwise taught; 

 but the setter or pointer does not live that cannot be forced 

 to obedience by it, if it is properly and persistently applied. 

 The trainer, if he applies it, should continue the lessons un- 

 til obedience becomes habitual. anS the demeanor should be 

 calm, and no loud orders given. 



