can never destroy fleas around a kennel except by burning them up, 

 and as fleas breed every 12 to 24 hours, the warmer the weather the 

 quicker, they accumulate very rapidly. But by taking your dog away 

 from the kennel when you apply the mixture, you will soon get rid of 

 them even around your kennel, as you thus prevent their multiplying 

 Apply the mixture once a week and about half a mile from the kennel. 

 You don't need to wash your dog if you do not want to, as it will 

 not hurt him. 



To teach your dog to honor another dog when pointing: If your 

 dog is not a natural backer on sight of another dog that has a point, 

 don't undertake to lick him into a back, as nine dogs out of ten are 

 made cowards in this way ; it must be natural for them to back. 



Let your dog drag a chain to the collar, the heavier the better. 

 There is nothing that will make a dog cut up his ground and hunt 

 better and do it on his own accord. After a week or ten days you 

 will have this all done. If the dog is a fast and wild one, put double 

 chains on him; if he is a rabbit chaser, let him run one or two and 

 drag the chain, and then take a strap and tan his jacket good, and he 

 v/ill soon quit chasing. If your dog chases tame chickens, hang the 

 chain on him; there is nothing like letting a dog break himself of all his 

 bad faults. I will take the worst chaser and in ten days break him. 

 Anyhow, I don't believe in howling and whistling all the time at a dog. 



POINT WORK. 



"What is his point work?" is the first question asked nine times 

 out of ten by amateurs and people who have never seen a dog point. 



There are two different ways by which dogs find game to point — 

 by wind scent and by ground scent. 



The air or wind scent points are all made at a long distance by 

 dogs that hunt with a high head, and they go like the wind without 

 a stop. 



The ground scent points arc made at shorter distances and the 

 dog runs with his nose close to the ground, like a hound trailing coon 

 or rabbit. 



While you are hunting there may be a day when the birds don't 

 move much, and there is no wind blowing. If, then, you have a high- 

 headed dog depending on the wind scent, he will lose out against the 

 dog that is nosing the ground all the time, as the birds don't have to 



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