them for a while till he gets to understand your signals, and when 

 you have him under good command, take your chains off of him 

 and you will be able to work the fast dog just as well as the slow 

 dog. The chains will break nine out of ten dogs of this bad fault, and 

 also teach a dog to quarter his ground up nicely. He will also pay 

 all attention to you when you speak to him or blow the whistle, as he 

 is on his guard, thinking if he don't mind you that you will put the 

 chains on him again. No matter how tired he is, if he don't mind you, 

 hang a chain on him until he does mind you. You will see some dogs 

 coax and come in and stay around you and bark for you to take the 

 chains off, so they can go out and do as they please, but don't pay any 

 attention, go right along and the dog will go out and hunt when he 

 sees you will not take the chain off. If your dog is broken by my 

 system to make a perfect retriever out of him before you go into the 

 field, you will not have any trouble. 



Teach your dog to have confidence in himself. I always teach a dog 

 to retrieve first and to be obedient. I always say "Hold," and then 

 "Go fetch dead." When he comes in with what he was sent after I 

 say "Hold," raising my hand and then taking it from his mouth. Al- 

 ways stand still and let your dog do the hunting, and retrieve the 

 dead bird or bundle right up to you. Then, after I have him a nice 

 retriever, I put him at the words "Charge" or "Drop." That means 

 "Lie down." After you get him to charge nicely, then have him charge 

 and stay there and you move back a few feet at a time; then say, 

 "Come boy," moving the hand at the same time; moving the hand 

 comes handy when your dog is a long way off, and you want him 

 to go to the left or right. Always blow your whistle also when you 

 desire your dog to go to the left or right; when you want your dog 

 to come in from the field, blow your whistle two or three times in 

 succession. Now, you have him under good control and ready to go 

 in the field. 



If he don't get right out to hunt, don't say anything to him, and 

 don't pet him; just go along and let him alone and he will go out him- 

 self. Or, if you have a friend who has a dog that will hunt, it would 

 be a good idea to have him go along with you and take his dog. 



Now, when your dog gets out to hunt, and will stay out, put him on 

 game, and you will find that you will have very little trouble to keep 

 him out, as now he is interested in the game. Then, if he chases, hang 

 the chain on him a few times and he will quit it. 



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