62 HUNTING DOGS. 



do bj catching an animal that you wish to train 

 3'our dog on and leading it around. If it is a 

 'coon or opossum, then put up a tree or on a 

 fence. Loose jour dog and let him trail until 

 he finds it. Teach the dog to bark by hissing 

 him on and clapping, whooping to him and such 

 like. 



If for skunk, kill one and drag it around, 

 place it out of pup's reach, and teach him to 

 bark when he comes upon his game. You can 

 teach the habit of tongueing after night or 

 silence on the trail as you prefer. Let yonr 

 young dog shake and chew at the game you are 

 training him to hunt for. After he has found 

 it and he fails to bark by hissing him, tie a rope 

 three feet long to it and keep throwing it toward 

 him and pulling it quickly away to teach him to 

 grab at it and hold on, and also bark. A live 

 skunk generally gives a young dog such a les- 

 son the first time that he is always afraid of one 

 afterwards, unless he is an Irish terrier or bull 

 dog or beagle crossed. These two breeds are 

 good ones for any kind of night hunting. 



Take a live animal, a -coon or something, 

 and lead it past your young dog's box where he 

 is tied and let him see it and take notice how he 

 will want it, but all you want is to teach him the 

 scent and how to tongue when he comes up on 



