Il8 TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



ence of the dog when in a wild state, since it is a 

 material aid to him in the struggle for existence. In 

 domesticity, he does not lose the instinctive desire to 

 pursue and capture prey. He, like man, has the hunt- 

 ing instinct strongly present, notwithstanding the 

 centuries of domestication. He easily reverts to a 

 wild state, utilizing then for his own preservation the 

 powers and methods which man rather egotistically 

 avers were implanted in him for the benefit of man 

 himself. 



' Man can neither force nor induce a dog to seek 

 birds if the latter refuses to do so; and he does so 

 when there is nothing left which appeals to his self- 

 interest. 



His involuntary efforts, exhibited when in search 

 of prey, man restricts within certain limits to his 

 own service, and thereby appropriates to himself the 

 fruits of the dog's labors. And herein is where many 

 old and new writers have erred in their inferences. 

 They observed that the dog could be so trained that 

 man was the beneficiary of his work, and they rather 

 illogically deduced that therefore the instinct was ac- 

 quired for the benefit of mankind. 



When a dog, with more or less rigidity of posture. 



