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h's attention to something of importance that you wish him 

 to do. 



You will find it necessary to vary this or he will come to 

 associate this signal with your command of To lio, and at 

 once stop when he hears it. Now we wish to train him so 

 thoroughly in this that, when we come, a little later, to 

 teacli him to quarter his ground, he wiU not slacken his 

 speed at the sound, but merely turn his head in your direc- 

 tion, and quick as a flash obey whatever signal you may 

 give him ; therefore, when you repeat this lesson, instead of 

 raising your hand for him to stop, command him to charge. 

 Of course you will see that he is near enough to hear you 

 plainly. Perhaps it will be as well at the next trial to sound 

 the long note as soon as he looks around, and call him in, 

 not forgetting to abundantly caress and praise him when he 

 performs his task in a pleasing manner. We think it a very 

 good plan to always have in our pocket something good for 

 him to eat, and when he minds this long note and comes in 

 quickly, we reward him with a bit of something substantial 

 as well as with fine words. This system of rewards must 

 not be carried too far nor practiced too often, but used oc- 

 casionally when he performs his duties in a satisfactory 

 manner ; especially when he comes in at the sound of the 

 whistle quickly and cheerfully, a little piece of meat will at 

 least have no tendency to slacken his speed when next be 

 hears this signal. This instantaneous, almost electric obedi- 

 ence and cheerful alacrity is most pleasing to witness, espe- 

 cially when hunting in company with others whose dogs 

 may not be quite up to the standard in this respect. There- 

 fore no pains should be spared to so perfect our pupil in 

 this, so that when we come to practical work in the field his 

 actions shall cause us no disquiet nor reflect discredit upon 

 our skill as his teacher. 



There is one word more that our pupil should early become 

 accustomed to, and it will be well to introduce its use almost 

 at the beginning. This is the word On. You can use this 

 word alone or, as many prefer, you can say Go on or Hie on. 

 Either or all are well enough, and your pup will learn the 



