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the job beside him. He has plenty of initiative 

 and will not lose it by running with an older dog. 



FOXHOUND FOR BIG GAME 



I am the owner of a Walker foxhound puppy 

 and being no adept at training dogs or even pre- 

 tending to know much about them I would con- 

 sider it a great favour to have you answer a few 

 questions for me. They are : Do you think a fox- 

 hound can be made to be a good dog for hunting 

 grouse and pheasants? Would you advise trying 

 to teach him to hunt both birds and bear? 



My idea in getting him was to have a dog for 

 hunting bear and cougar, but as there are lots of 

 grouse and pheasants here and as I only wish to 

 keep one dog I wondered if he could not be taught 

 to liunt all the above-mentioned game. 



J. L. Linn. 



Ans. — I wouldn't let your hound hunt grouse 

 and pheasants or rabbits either. It will be hard 

 enough to make him rabbit proof as it is. My 

 experience in Montana has been that grouse of 

 aU kinds are easy enough to see from the moun- 

 tain trails without the aid of a dog, and rabbits 

 are very plentiful. I have shot many a one with 

 the six-gun from horseback. Keep your hound 



