Do this several times a day, at home, till he dodges the strap. 

 Always hold him by the collar. After this send him out for the 

 training sack and when he picks it up say "Hold," and walk toward 

 him and shake the strap at him. He will soon have confidence in 

 you and will know that he will get strapped across the nose. Repeat 

 this several times, then take a dead bird and throw it out, give him 

 the same lesson he had with the sack, and if he offers to mouth the 

 bird, strap him across the nose. 



Then take him to the field and send him after a bird and repeat 

 the lesson, if needful ; l^nt after a few days you will never have any 

 more trouble with him on that score. The great secret in training 

 a dog is to put him under command and not have him afraid of you. 



BREAKING GUN SHY DOGS. 



Gun-shy dogs and bird-shy dogs are not so easily broken. My suc- 

 cess in breaking them is due to my getting them interested in their 

 own natural way. It is natural for a dog to like to carry and fetch. 

 Under my system of training, I always teach them to retrieve first 

 As soon as I have a dog retrieving a bird of any kind in my yard I 



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