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birds, and sometimes gnn-sliyiiess. All these faults 

 can be trained out sometimes by command, scold- 

 ings, strappings, etc., and sometimes by the use 

 of the force collar. A good course of yard train- 

 ing is a great help, but practical field experience, 

 coupled with accustoming the dog to implicit obe- 

 dience, is the best school. 



'DEOPPER'' 



I own a handsome, lively bird-dog puppy six 

 months of age, whose dam and sire were both 

 excellent field dogs. However, his breeding is half 

 English setter and half pointer, and therefore one 

 of my friends calls him a dropper and says he is 

 by no means likely to turn out well. Will you tell 

 me whether or not that opinion is well founded ? 



I have been reading '^Airedale, Setter and 

 Hound" with interest. My dog learned to sit 

 down and to charge very quickly, but I have had 

 little success in teaching him to retrieve. I have 

 tried at least forty times in all to get him to take 

 the pad at the word ''fetch," but he seldom does 

 it without having his lip pinched. He just stub- 

 bornly shuts his eyes and remains inattentive. 

 Would it be advisable to use the force collar with 



him? 



Wm. W. Aulen. 



