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in your possession, for no dog will remain perfect 

 without supervision. 



Remember this too ; always act deliberately how- 

 ever anxious you are to retrieve game, and never 

 appear in a hurry when sending your dog for a winged 

 bird, for if a dog sees his master is anxious, he is 

 also apt to become excited and to start off with a dash 

 and overrun his game ; to chase by sight will then be 

 uppermost in his mind rather than to work by scent. 



Bear in mind that a single error on the part of 

 his trainer may put a young dog at least a month 

 back in his education, and that for the first few times 

 you lake a dog into the fields among game in order 

 to complete his training, you will have to put all idea 

 of making a ' bag ' on one side, and devote your 

 attention entirely to perfecting the education of your 

 pupil. 



