l6o AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



When you have put the dog you are training 

 with a dog already trained, keep on dropping 

 them alternately, until the former has learned 

 not to rise until he is told to. An inteUigent 

 dog soon observes what his companion does, 

 and imitates it. At first there may be a little 

 difficulty in keeping your untrained dog at ' the 

 down,' when he sees the other dog hunting ; 

 but when he is raised himself, and sees the 

 other at ' the down,' he soon learns not to rise 

 unless ordered bv word of command. 



The word of command to raise dogs should 

 simply be the calling out of their names, and 

 as you walk towards your dog, wave your hand 

 gently, as if encouraging hira to get up and hunt. 



You should keep the dogs hunting round 

 each other, taking care not to let them get too 

 far away. I have done this practice with 

 thirteen dogs at a time, keeping the whole lot 

 at ' the down ' for a while, and then raising one 

 here, and another there, allowing no dog to stir 

 unless ordered to, until I have gradually raised 

 twelve out of the thirteen, all of whom then 

 hunted round the one dog still at ' the down ' 



