CHAPTER VI. 



WOLF AND COYOTE HUNTING. 



IN training a dog to run wolves, it is unsafe 

 to allow a young dog to go alone, as some 

 wolves prefer fighting to running, and if 

 a young dog is whipped back a few times, 

 he will become afraid, or will be perhaps, 

 spoiled altogether. Training a dog to hunt 

 young wolves is a harder task, and unless your 

 dog is born for it, you will fail to make anything 

 like a first class dog out of him. Almost any 

 good fox dog will hunt old wolves, but very few 

 will hunt pups, and my experience has been 

 that a bitch will hunt quicker than a dog. There 

 are a great many dogs that will trail and hunt 

 a Avolf to a finish, but will pay no attention to 

 the pups whatever; but if you succeed in finding 

 one that is inclined to hunt them, remember 

 that practice makes perfect. 



Speaking of brush wolves : The kind of dog 

 needed is a good ranger, extra good cold trailer 

 and an everlasting stayer. Then if he will only 

 run a short distance after starting the wolf 

 and come back and hunt the pups, and then 

 bark at them when found, you have a good, valu- 

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