FOR THE FIELD AND FIELD TRIALS. 8 1 



While permitting him to enjoy his own natural 

 riotous manner, the ecstatic pleasure of expending 

 surplus energy, the trainer will have no difficulty in 

 maintaining his own domination. Many objection- 

 able natural tendencies may be suppressed incident- 

 ally, such as an inclination to chase sheep or poultry, 

 etc. From the puppy point of view there is no harm 

 in pursuing them; indeed, he cannot know that 

 they are not objects of legitimate pursuit and cap- 

 ture before he is so taught by experience. From 

 his standpoint every living animal found in the 

 woods and fields is there to be chased by him if he 

 feels in the humor to do so, or to be killed if he 

 wishes to compass its death. 



In this connection, by considering how easily he 

 can teach the dog to blink sheep, etc., the trainer will 

 the better comprehend how he may unintentionally 

 teach him to blink birds. The dog considers the im- 

 mediate relation of circumstances. He, when blink- 

 ing, associates some painful experience with the 

 birds. If the painfulness be from scoldings and 

 whippings, he quite reasonably considers that they 

 were administered for taking notice of the birds at 

 all rather than for flushing and chasing them, the 



