40 TRAINING vt. BREAKING. 



send him to you, until he understands what is wanted, which 

 he will do after a few lessons. Of course, you have told him 

 to "drop" every time that he delivers a ythingtoyou, and as 

 he knows the meaning of the word, it will be an easy task to 

 teach him to lay down his ball or bit of meat in any place 

 that you may wish him to. In order that he may learn to 

 do this in a proper manner and readily drop his burden at 

 the word, and instantly leave it without regret and come to 

 you, we will commence at the beginning and give him tin 

 ord( r for the first time when he is close to us, and with our 

 hand extended as if to take it. As soon as he opens his 

 mouth the hand should be instantly removed and the article 

 allowed to drop en the ground. At once praise and pet him 

 and give him to understand that this i3 all right. On no ac- 

 count must you pick up the article or he may be led to think 

 that he should have" delivered it into your hand as usual, nor 

 should you allow him to pick it up, but a 1 ; once cali him 

 away and interest him with something else. This will be 

 enough for the first lesson. This should be repeated until 

 he appears to understand what is required, before you at- 

 tempt to increase the distance. Your pupil must be made 

 to understand that when he he irs the order to drop he must 

 instantly lose his hold, and leaving the article, at once obey 

 whatever signal you may give him. You should so teach 

 him that when coming in with anything that you have or- 

 dered him to bring he will at the word drop it and wheel at 

 the motion of the hand in any direction that you may indi- 

 cate. You will derive no little benefit from this accom- 

 plishment should you ever get in a "hot corner " on a duck 

 pass, and not only save yours?lf much worry, but also spare 

 your dog much labor, by bidding him drop his dead bird and 

 first secure the wounded one, which may make good its es- 

 cape unless attended to at once. The same thing often oc- 

 curs in quail shooting, and many birds a r e lost that might be 

 brought to bag, did your d >g but understand this fancy 

 training. 



The careful reader will readily understand that our so- 

 called " fancy training" is in reality not s 3 useless as some 



