406 WALKING FOXHOUND PUPPIES. 



Next to feeding, the most important thing in puppy 

 walking is exercise. Foxhounds have to know how to 

 gallop, and therefore the young hound requires training. 

 It is both cruel and useless to keep a healthy pup shut 

 up in a stable or yard and afford him no opportunity of 

 learning his work. As soon as the young ones settle 

 down in their new home, they may be taken out for 

 short walks, in order to accustom them to pass traffic, 

 and if possible they should have a steady old dog to 

 lead them ; for even the placid cow coming home to be 

 milked, will prove an object of terror to them and 

 probably cause them to bolt home. With the exercise 

 of patience and kindness, such fearsome journeys will 

 soon be made with safety, and moving objects will 

 cease to be regarded ; in fact a bold hound will be 

 likely to prove far too venturesome, and his hair-breadth 

 escapes from being run over will occasion much anxiety. 

 After the pups have got accustomed to getting out of 

 the way of fast traffic, it is excellent training for them 

 to learn to follow a bicycle, Fig. 144 ; but the rider must 

 go slowly at first and only short distances, in order 

 not to overtax the strength of the young hounds. A 

 good rule is to slow down when the animals lag behind, 

 and if they show any signs of fatigue, and are not 

 stopping merely to make investigations, it is time to 

 go slowly home. They will soon be able to gallop 

 as fast as any ordinary rider can safely steer her bicycle, 

 and will sometimes show their freshness and play, by 

 catching hold of her skirt with their teeth, as once 

 happened to me and gave me a fall. Foxhounds are 



