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mucli report. This is asking a good deal of a man 

 to do in tlie middle of the quail season, but once 

 a dog gets gun-shy he is very hard to break. If he 

 still persists, put him through the course of cure 

 by starvation. 



BREAKING A DOG OF MOUTHING THE BIRD 



I have a young pointer bitch which is about 

 eight months old. She is a good worker, but she 

 has one fault. When told to ' ' Fetch ! " she always 

 chews the bird, and some time before she gets to 

 you she has eaten the bird up. I would like you 

 to tell me if you can how to break her of this habit. 



I have stopped hunting with her on that 



account. 



S . J. Babtell. 



Ans. — Get to bird as quick as you can. Take 

 from her and beat her severely. Make her ''fetch'* 

 it again, and if she chews whip and scold her and 

 take bird from her. Make her fetch same bird 

 again and again until she will bring it without 

 daring to mouth it. Another way is to prepare a 

 dead bird with pins inside, replace skin and then 

 make her fetch it until she no longer bites it. Bird 

 should be held firmly in mouth, not picked up by 

 one wing. 



