172 HUNTING DOG^. 



Am said, "If I wanted you to come, you would 

 come or I would break your neck.'' I said, ''No, 

 Am, you won't break Pout's neck while I am 

 around; it would not look nice." 



I started on my way, Pont following after I 

 had gone a little ways. I spoke to Pont, pat- 

 ting him on the head and told him what a good 

 dog he was. He jumped about and showed more 

 ways than one how pleased he was, and from 

 that day until we broke camp, Pont stayed with 

 me. He showed plainly tlie disgust he had for 

 his master. 



It so happened that the first trap I came to 

 was a trap set in a spring run, and it had a 'coon 

 in it. I allowed Pont to help kill the 'coon, and 

 after the 'coon was dead, I patted Pont and told 

 him what great things he had done in c^jituring 

 the 'coon. Pont showed what pride he took in 

 the hunt, so much so that he did not like to have 

 Am go near the pelt. I saw from the veiw first 

 day out that all that Pont needed was kind 

 treatment and proper training to make a good 

 help on the trap line. 



I was careful to let him know what I was 

 doing when setting a trap, and when he would 

 go to smell at the bait after a trap had been 

 set, I would speak to him in a firm voice and let 

 him knoAv that T did not approve of wha^ he was 

 doing. When making blind sets, I took the same 



