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associates the displeasure with some definite event 

 which, being painful, he seeks to avoid. Uninten- 

 tional flushes should never be considered a cause for 

 punishment, and this should hold good in respect to 

 all other mistakes. 



By permitting him to point or flush in his own 

 way he learns what method results in error and what 

 in success. Furthermore, left to his own judgment 

 he learns to go to his birds without hesitation or 

 apprehension of trouble, and points them at an intel- 

 ligent estimate of distance, neither too far away from 

 nor too close to them. In the case of timid dogs, 

 actual encouragement may be necessary, and even 

 wilful flushes may need to be indulgently tolerated. 



Unless a steady, well-trained dog can be used as a 

 bracemate for the green puppy, it is better to work 

 him alone till he is fairly stanch. If the trainer can- 

 not work one puppy according to rule, it requires no 

 argument to demonstrate that he cannot work two 

 or more. 



The pointing of barnyard fowls by sight should be 

 discouraged as much as possible. The education de- 

 rived from it does not in the least assist the trainer 

 when schooling the dog afield, The latter, when 



