THE AMERICAN GORDON SETTER. 



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two years old, lie turned out quite a fine worker; he was one 

 of the late-developing kind. I have never seen this in any 

 Gordon Setters. 



While you had your puppy out, of course you shot over 

 him, to see that he was not gun-shy. While on this sub- 

 ject, I will state that of all the dogs I have raised to shoot 

 over in my life, I have never yet had one prove gun-shy. My 

 success has been owing to my never breeding to anything 

 but well -broken dogs, and in not breeding to an unbroken 

 bench-show dog simply because he won prizes, was hand- 



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some, and had a fashionable pedigree. Nor have I ever 

 permitted my bitch to whelp under a barn, and I not to 

 see her litter until they were running around. From the 

 day your puppies are whelped, you should have access to 

 them, and accustom them to your presence as soon as they 

 can see to all noises you can make in their hearing. Take 

 them out with you as soon as large enough to follow,, and 

 fire several charges from your gun while they are romping 

 about you. After each time you fire, call them to you, 

 fondle and romp with them, and you will soon see, when 



