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bear chasing, the procedure then is to make the act 

 painful instead of pleasurable. The trainer by pun- 

 ishment proceeds to establish in the dog's mind an 

 association of unpleasant ideas in reference to the 

 rabbit. This is quickly done by shooting a rabbit 

 ahead of the dog, on favorable opportunity, of which 

 many present themselves when a dog is addicted to 

 the habit of chasing. The dog will manifest the 

 greatest elation when the rabbit is shot. However, 

 the trainer fastens a check cord to the dog's collar, 

 and with the rabbit and whip in the left hand admin- 

 isters a good whipping to him. At intervals, the rab- 

 bit is thrust in his face, the trainer at the same time 

 exclaiming Hi ! Hi ! Hi ! with some cuts of the whip 

 sandwiched in. The dog credits all the hurts to the 

 rabbit, and learns to associate it with pain accord- 

 ingly. 



It is commonly held to be bad training to shoot a 

 rabbit ahead of a dog. It is so if one indulges in it 

 with a thoroughly trained dog as a matter of filling 

 the game bag. Discrimination between what en- 

 courages a dog to chase and what deters him from 

 chasing should be considered. Shooting a rabbit 

 ahead of a chasing dog and punishing him for it 



