CHAPTER IX. 



TRAINING — • SPECIFIC THINGS TO TEACH. 



CO teach the dog to bark treed, it is best, 

 of course, to take him out with an old 

 dog", but if you have no old dog, you can 

 train him without one. This can be done 

 by catching a live ground hog, 'coon or opossum. 

 Take the animal jou have to some small tree, a 

 dogwood for instance, and let it climb from the 

 ground up. It would be better if you could 

 lead it or even drag it a short distance — ten 

 feet, say, at first, to a tree. 



Don't let your dog look on while doing this. 

 After you have your animal treed, get your dog 

 and bring him to the tree and give him the scent 

 on the ground. If he is new at the business, he 

 will not likely look up the tree, but will hunt 

 for trail. If he finds where the animal is him- 

 self, try to get him to bark, but if he doesn't 

 find it, then show him. Try to make him bark. 

 That is one of the objects at this point as well 

 as to find where the animal is. 



Have your gun along, and as soon as you 

 get your dog to bark, shoot into the air and at 

 the same time, pull the animal out of the tree 



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