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After that lie was fine and did not miss one the 

 rest of the morning. 



When the season opened (November 10th) I 

 took him out shooting with me and I never saw 

 such rotten work. Had a fine pointer with us and 

 as soon as he would make a stand my dog would 

 come running over and flush the whole bunch. 

 This happened time and again (he only made one 

 stand the whole day). 



Next day I took him out by himself, thinking 

 maybe the pointer had upset him. But he never 

 stood one — flushed them all. 



Now, before passing final judgment on him I 

 thought I would write you, because you are an 

 authority on dogs and I am not. 



C. Cabell. 



Ans. — I think that all your dog really needs 

 is a week's shooting to steady him down. Very 

 often both setters and pointers will act wild at 

 the opening of the season and be very trying in 

 the way they break shot, rush in and flush birds 

 and do about every other thing that a well-broken 

 dog should not do. They usually steady down 

 after about a week of scolding and getting used 

 to hunting again. 



