476 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



12. Lastly, select a puppy to educate that is the 

 produce of parents you know are perfectly trained and 

 are clever workers. It is better to breed from an ugly 

 dog with a good nose, than from a handsome one that 

 lacks this all-important gift, though if both parents are 

 equally good in appearance and in performance you are 

 very fortunate. 



N.B. Be sure any puppy you inspect with a view 

 to purchase 



Has a good set of sound unbroken teeth. 



WHAT A BETRIEVER SHOULD DO, AND WHAT HE 

 SHOULD NOT DO 



As I so constantly notice retrievers behaving badly 

 as a result of a neglected training, it is easy for me 

 to tell you what a retriever should not do. 



1. A retriever should never leave his master's 

 heels except when ordered to search for wounded or 

 dead game. A retriever that hunts of his own accord, 

 however close to you, or potters about a hedge, is, 

 however cleverly he retrieves, but a badly broken dog. 



2. A retriever should hunt by scent, not by siyht. 

 Half the retrievers I see, gallop furiously about when 

 sent forward, with their heads in the air, and trust to 

 luck to blunder across the wounded game they are seek- 



