72 TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



signaling, checking him in his every independent 

 purpose, he will become so dominated and restricted 

 in time that he will be a creature without a will or 

 purpose of his own, and will look to his trainer for 

 prompting and orders at every turn. 



From the moment of the first glimmer of intelli- 

 gence in the puppy till the moment he dies, he in do- 

 mestication observes the domination of man. He 

 quickly learns that man is his superior in force and 

 knowledge, and he learns also that to him he must 

 yield. Restrictions in working to the gun which at 

 first were submitted to under compulsion in time 

 are accepted by him from self-interest and habit. 



If the over-trained dog makes a short cast, he re- 

 turns immediately for a command or signal from his 

 trainer as to what he should do next. He roads and 

 points perfunctorily under submission. His whole 

 attention and acts are engrossed in the observance of 

 his slavehood; perpetually balked, thrashed and 

 dominated, his ardent desire to pursue and capture 

 in his own free and happy manner is either harmfully 

 suppressed or entirely extinguished when he is in the 

 company of his teacher. Such are the evils of over- 

 training. 



