82 HUNTING D0G9. 



sonecl baits. He should know how to swim across 

 a river or lake and where to land. He should 

 have but one master and obey him to the word 

 and this without the use of the whip. He should 

 know how to ride in a canoe. All this can be 

 taught to him in about 3 months and he should 

 know all these things before he is broken to hunt. 



The next thing is to accustom your dog to 

 the gun. This is easily done. All you have to 

 do is to take your gun and dog into a field and 

 once there to tie jour dog ssly five or six feet 

 from you, then to shoot the gun and after every 

 shot to speak kindly to your dog and make him 

 smell the gun. In a day or so repeat as before 

 and the moment you see that your dog is not 

 afraid let him loose and shoot again and always 

 pet him. He will then know what a gun is. So 

 when your j^oung hound knows the gun, the 

 canoe and water, he may be taught to be shy of 

 strangers, traps and of poisoned baits. 



To break a dog to hunt, you must not allow 

 him to go in the bush Avhenever he likes. A dog 

 that hunts without being in the company of his 

 master will never be a well trained dog. There- 

 fore, you must lead him in the bush and if you 

 have a well trained dog, you may couple him 

 with the young one and walk until you find a 

 good trail then follow it with the dogs till you 

 see that the young one has caught scent right, 



