162 THE AMERICAj^^ HUNTING DOG 



Ans. — Your pup is not very gun-shy compared 

 to most of them that are addicted to the habit. 

 He simply needs more accustoming to gun-fire. 

 Tie him up alongside of you when practicing with 

 rifle or shotgun. Don't pay any attention to him, 

 but keep on shooting, occasionally resting gun or 

 arm over his back when firing. He soon learns 

 that there is nothing to be scared of. 



A CHASER 



Last year I purchased an English setter bitch, 

 whelped March 2, 1914, and found that I had a 

 gun-shy dog. To make my story as short as pos- 

 sible, we have broken her from this evil, leaving 

 no trace whether in city or field. 



I have had the pleasure of hunting this dog a 

 great deal this season, and she has over eighty 

 birds killed over her. She has the best nose of 

 any dog in this locality, and never runs over her 

 bird whether in the wind or away from it. I have 

 hunted her in the Black Forests of Pennsylvania 

 from sunrise to sunset for five straight days, and 

 the last day with a heavy sash cord strapped to 

 her neck, and then she worked as willingly and 

 as hard as ever. I worked her when she had only 

 three feet on which she was able to walk, but 

 always with the same persistency. She is an ex- 



