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accessible. In your first lessons be careful to place tbe glove 

 where your dog will be certain to find it — not too far ofi". " 



He should also be taught to follow closely on at the sports- 

 man's heel when they are out together ; this may be done by 

 saying, '^ back, back !" and striking him gently with the whip 

 when he attempts to press forward. Any huntmg dog may be 



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taught to retrieve notwithstanding the complaints some sports- 

 men make to the contrary. Great patience is required to teach 

 the dog, but the result of careful training amply compensates 

 for the trouble. Hooper recommends that, after the dog has 

 learned the preceding lessons, he be made to practice them 

 often, playing with a ball. 



LESSONS IN THE FIELD. 



After the dog has been thoroughly di-illed in the preliminary 

 exercises we have described, it will be necessary to teach him 

 their practical application. Much of the ftiture value and use- 

 fulness of the dog depends upon his first day's shooting and the 

 manner in which he is initiated into the sport. We again avail 

 ourselves of Mr. Hooper's instructions for managing him the 

 first day he is taken out : 



