308 MODERN TRAINING. 



not press their birds too fast, otherwise they get too far 

 from the shooter and flush out of shot. A bell is useful, 

 when hunting in thick cover. 



Spaniels which give tongue find favor with many, but 

 noise in bird hunting is entirely out of place. When birds 

 are wild the slightest noise will often alarm them, and an 

 opportunity, which might have been the result of the work 

 of hours, is lost. 



The spaniel should be taught to retrieve ; the system 

 given hereinbefore applies equally as well to the spaniel as 

 to pointers and setters. 



Nothing is so utterly helpless and at the mercy of his 

 trainer as a pointer, setter, or spaniel, when under the con- 

 trol of a spike collar, therefore the trainer should at all 

 times be merciful. As with pointers and setters, trust more 

 to frequent opportunity and slow progress than to violence 

 and an intention to accomplish all in a few lessons. 



Chasing rabbits should not be allowed. The same 

 method, used with setters and pointers, will correct this 

 fault. You should not forget that a dog can be broken 

 from hunting certain kinds of game, and that by misman- 

 agement in breaking him from hunting one kind, he may be 

 broken from hunting all kinds. 



The checkcord can be used in their training with even 

 greater advantage than in training setters and pointers; 

 their pace is comparatively slow and their range is limited, 

 hence they are always within easy reach. All the com- 

 mands taught to setters can be profitably taught to spaniels 

 the method is the same. 



There are but few sections in the United States which 

 are favorable to the use of spaniels, and where there is such 

 cover, there is also so much contiguous open country that the 

 hunter needs a setter or pointer for a finding dog. How- 

 ever, cocker and field spaniels are coming into favor. The 



