RETRIEVING A BIRD. 



When yon kill game, let 3'onr dog go and retrieve the dead, while 

 yon stand still, and let him fetch it to yon. When he brings in the 

 bird always have him hold it a minnte, while yon raise your hand, and 

 then take the bird from his mouth, and don't forget to pet him. 



The accompanying illustration shows a two-months-old puppy, which 

 has been broken with my training device to retrieve. He has just made 



TWO MONTHS OLD POINTER RETRIEVING. 



a retrieve about four hundred yards away in the timber, and when 

 about twenty-five yards away was ordered to stop by saying "Charge," 

 and raising a hand. He does not offer to drop the bird, but waits 



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