A FEW TRAINING DEVICE TESTIMONIALS. 



(American Field, Chicago, III., Oct. 15, 1903.) 

 Fred Erb, Jr., has covered a lot of territory this fall giving exhibi- 

 tions of how to train a dog to retrieve from land and water with the 

 use of his devices, which are very simple, and, in the hands of a humane 

 person, effective. Kindness toward dumb animals, which cannot under- 

 stand the meaning of words, is the first requisite in educating them. A 

 patient, kindly disposed person can teach a dog to do most anything, 

 where a person of opposite temperament would fail. 



Grass Valley, Dec. 8, 1903. 

 Mr. Erb, Jr. 



Some time ago I got one of your training devices, and I tell you 

 it is all O. K. I broke three dogs, and as soon as I get some more 

 broke I will send you a photo of some of them ; they are all pointers. 



I read in the American Field that you taught shooting. Do you 

 have a book on shooting, or does a man have to come where you are? 

 If you could give instructions on shooting, I would like to know your 

 price by mail. Or what is a good book to learn from? Now, I take 

 you as a true friend. I am just beginning to shoot a little; but it 

 doesn't take me long to get a dog to retrieve. That is the best of all 

 things I ever heard of. 



Whatever instructions you give me I am willing to pay for. Tell 

 me, if you can, how to make a dog drop to shot-wing. I want your 

 advice and nobody else's, as I think you are the king of them all, on 

 dog work especially. 



Now write and tell me immediately, as I want to know at the ear- 

 liest date. I remain, Yours truly, 



Peter Wetteran. 



(Box 752.) Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California. 



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