156 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



After telliijg him authoritatively to ' down/ 

 start off running away from him. Immediately, 

 disobeying his orders the dog gets up and runs 

 after you, but when he gets to the end of the 

 cord, it will throw him head over heels back- 

 wards. You should run as fast as ever you 

 can because, the sharper the fall the dog gets, 

 the more careful he becomes, and the sooner he 

 learns the lesson you wish to teach him. 



Directly the dog is thrown backwards, turn 

 about, pull him back to the peg, and tell him 

 to ' down,' holding up your hand as before. 

 You will have to repeat the experiment of 

 running away from him, again and again, for 

 before the dog can be made to understand he 

 will have had at least a dozen nasty falls. 

 Every time you should pull him back to the 

 peg again, talking seriously to him, and calling 

 * down,' at the same time holding up your hand. 

 Don't slur your part of the work, as it is most 

 essential that the word of command should be 

 accompanied by the action of the hand ; after 

 a time the dog's attention being fixed upon you, 

 the action of the hand will be sufficient without 



