DOG TRAINING 153 



A GOOD WATER RETRIEVER 



I am writing to you for information regarding 

 the desirability of using a dog to retrieve ducks. 

 I am a member of a club in which we have excel- 

 lent canvas-back and red-head shooting, both from 

 a pass and over decoys from a boat. Another 

 place furnishes fine mallard, teal and blue-bill 

 shooting, both from a pass and boat. In common 

 with most duck-shooters, I lose a great number of 

 wounded birds. In your opinion, does a good dog 

 find and properly retrieve the ordinary wounded 

 duck and bring it to a boat, as well as on land ? I 

 have read with a great deal of interest the articles 

 appearing in Field and Stream from time to time 

 on retrieving, and my attention has been attracted 

 to the Chesapeake Bay duck retriever. In your 

 opinion is this dog preferable to any other breed 

 as a retriever, and is he suited to my needs? If 

 so, can you put me in touch with a kennel which 

 breeds and trains these dogs, preferably one near 

 here, if possible? 



What ought I to pay for a young Chesapeake 

 Bay dog, well broken to both shooting from a 

 boat and from a pass, and can I buy such a dog? 

 If I bought one, would keeping him in the city, 

 and at home, where there are children, have the 



