TRAINING FOR SQUIRRELS AND RABBITS. 75 



hunting squirrels and jumping them out for the 

 pups and trying to help them catch the squirrel 

 until tliey will start out hunting and treeing 

 squirrels as good as any old dog. If the dogs 

 won't bark up the tree when you get through all 

 of this and they see the squirrel run back up the 

 tree, you might as well kill them or take them 

 and run deer, for they will never make tree dogs. 



The following directions for perfecting the 

 rabbit dog, are from the pen of an experienced 

 and successful Ohio hunter. 



Get your pup some day while young, if pos- 

 sible, keep hiui by you, and when you see a spar- 

 row or something alive, shoot it, pick it up and 

 show him what you shot at; do this at home. 

 Shoot all you please while he is young, so when 

 you go hunting with him and shoot at game he 

 won't be afraid and make a bee line for home. 



Most dogs will soon take a liking to guns. 

 NoAv to training a beagle dog to be a good one 

 on rabbits, I warn you never to take another dog 

 along, but for a common hound you may use 

 your own wa3^ 



I have seen good beagle dogs spoiled by 

 other dogs. Now, some frosty morning take your 

 pup to where you most think there are rabbits ; 

 scare one out, and then if he is not near, give 

 three good sharp whistles which you ought to 

 keep as your signal for him to come. If you 



