106 TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



same time hitting the dog sharply on the shoulder 

 with the whip. He will soon drop, and punishment 

 should then cease instantly. If he rolls over on his 

 back, a position which is entirely undesirable, a few 

 light taps with the whip on his paws or chest will 

 cause him to turn quickly over in the right position. 

 This is kept up day after day till the pupil will drop 

 promptly to the order. 



If the trainer desires to teach him to drop to sig- 

 nal, he raises his right hand in the air when he gives 

 the order, so that the dog associates it with the com- 

 mand. If the signal alone is used at any time and 

 the dog disobeys it, obedience to it is taught in man- 

 ner precisely the same as in teaching the oral order. 



When the order is given nothing less than instant 

 obedience should be accepted. No nosing about, seek- 

 ing for a good place in which to lie down, or other 

 evasions of any kind, should be tolerated. The place 

 where the dog stood at the time of the command 

 should be the place where he should drop. 



Some special lessons in the open field are neces- 

 sary to make him reliably obedient therein. A strong 

 wooden pin should be firmly driven into the ground, 

 and to it the dog is tied, leaving him with twenty or 



