TRAINING FOR SKUNK, OPOSSUM, ETC. 63 



the game. I believe what I have told will 

 generally break any dog. 



A good dog, well broken to hunt 'coon, 

 skunk of opossum is worth scores of traps. 

 Don't be afraid to switch a young dog some, to 

 make him learn good from bad, like tongueing 

 track and rabbit. Always pet him and be 

 friendly after chastising him, and a good scold- 

 ing with a couple of light smacks with open 

 hand will take the place of a whipping. Don't 

 use a stick unless necessary. Use judgment, the 

 same as you would want some one to use you, 

 and in a few nights' training your dog will be 

 catching game. It is easy sailing after a few 

 are caught, and your dog is your greatest friend 

 you have. He will make you from |5.00 to 

 115.00 a night, where if you were trapping for 

 the same game, you would be lucky if you got a 

 dollar's worth of fur, and besides what is finer 

 sport than a day's gunning, to hear your old dog 

 up on yonder hill or in some woods talking to 

 you to come his way?" 



