68 TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



CHAPTER IV. 



PUNISHMENT AND BAD METHODS. 



FEAR in all its forms, bird shyness (commonly 

 called blinking), whip shyness, man shyness, gun 

 shyness, or a shyness in taking the initiative in any- 

 thing, is the common result of harshly repressive 

 and tyrannical methods. Accordingly as the fear 

 is associated with a particular object so one kind 

 of shyness may be exhibited; but fear may be 

 associated with several objects if there is cause 

 for it from the dog's point of view. Badly treated 

 dogs may show all the different forms, with a gen- 

 eral apprehensiveness that something dreadful is 

 likely to happen at any moment. Sometimes a form 

 of shyness may result from the trainer's mistake of 

 a moment, but generally it is the result of systematic 

 harshness. 



Whatever the cause, shyness of any kind is more 

 or less a serious check on the dog's training,' and if it 



