86 THE AIREDALE 



yoking to have a runaway dog in the meadows and 

 pastures as in the streets and avenues. A single 

 motor at sixty or seventy miles an hour on the 

 turnpike is harder for a dog to dodge than the 

 whole flood of traffic that streams up and down 

 the city thoroughfares. So, city or country, 

 teach your dog to mind. 



An Airedale will take as naturally to rats, 

 woodchucks, and such vermin as a lot of little 

 yellow ducklings will to the mill pond. But to 

 make assurance doubly sure, it is best to intro- 

 duce him to mice or small rats when he is four or 

 five months old, then leading on and on till you 

 can end with the biggest game found in America. 

 This is the way terriers are broken in England. 

 It has been found that if a terrier is jumped bang 

 at Mr. Woodchuck, for example, he may be spoiled 

 by biting off more than he can chew the first 

 time. 



In the Rockies, where Airedales are used on 

 grizzly and mountain lion, the dogs hunt in packs, 

 and the old dogs train the youngsters. Example 

 and experience make an excellent pair of tutors, 

 and the work is such that unless the lessons are 

 grasped pretty quickly, there will be a dead dog. 



The gradual system of breaking applies to 

 water. The veins of the Airedale are filled with 

 the blood of the otter-hound, and from this ances- 



