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short as possible. I would abandon the "Toho," which is the usual order to "set" or "stand " 

 for it is generally spoken when the dog is a long distance off and therefore shouted in a 

 loud voice, and limit the commands to the following few simple ones : — 



Down! when the dog should drop at once. 



Heel ! when he should come behind. 



Hold up ! when he should immediately begin to hunt. 



Ah! which should be a "cautious warning, " 



NAMES OF DOGS. 



There can be no object in having double-barrelled show bench names, when some- 

 thing and short sharp will be much more readily answered to, besides being so much easier 

 to call out command. Monosyllabic names like Don, Rock, Bruce, Drake, Grouse, Moll, 

 Jess, Duck, are to be commended. 



MAXIMS. 



1st. — Exact implicit obedience from your pupil, and simply wait patiently until you 

 get it. 



2nd. — The check cord is a greater punishment than the whip. 



3rd. — Do not run in to bag a wounded bird when shooting over dogs, and never in the 

 early stages of your dog's instruction. 



4th. — Never by any chance head your dog while out shooting. 



5th. — Never let him ramble at pleasure, or hunt of his own sweet will ; but keep him 

 close up to heel until you want him to work for you. 



6th. — Never take a puppy out in a high wind or on a wet day. 



7th. — "Never hunt a dog when tired down, lest he become a dealer in false points 

 and lose his gallantry of range." 



8th. — Avoid all shouting in the field; and do with as little whistling to your dog as 

 possible. 



9th. — Do not interfere with a dog when it appears to be doing its best. " While she 

 lies her course let the ship steer herself." 



DOG TRAINING. 



I have made the following excerpt from a little book called Flood, Field and Forest, 

 because in the simplest, clearest and most picturesque manner it conveys my own ideas and 

 what I fain would have said myself: — 



"I took my accustomed walk to the keeper's lodge immediately after breakfast next 

 morning, and found Mr. Belt engaged with two of his latest pupils, Shot and Grouse, a 

 brace of promising pointer puppies, well bred and handsome. 



" ' What's the matter with Shot, Mr. Belt ? ' 



" ' He's misbehaved himself, and I've punished him. That's all.' 



" ' Did you flog him, Mr. Belt ? ' 



"'Flog him! No; I'd never train a dog that wanted flogging I'll have no 



dogs about me as wants flogging, and I won't flog dogs as don't want it.' 



