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rabbit earths is obvious ; hitherto the rabbits 

 have been turned down right by, or close up to 

 the dog, without his seeing them to prevent 

 him chasing rabbits " off a form." Now it is 

 necessary to teach him not to chase rabbits 

 bolted from a hole. Station yourself by the 

 peg, gun in hand, and dog by your side, whilst 

 the under-keeper goes forward with the ferrets 

 to the earths. 



The first rabbit appears; bang! off goes the 

 dog, and when he gets to the end of the cord 

 gets thrown as before, and so you keep up the 

 same thing until the dog understands that he 

 must not move until he is told. 



After one or two of these practices, I should 

 begin to use the stick to an old dog, and 

 thrash him back to the place he started from, 

 but, if you use the " check " collar, he won't 

 want much of the stick, as the collar will do 

 the trick instead. 



These are the simple rules I have invariably 

 followed in training pointers, setters, and 

 retrievers. I have broken many a score of 

 dogs in my time, and have seldom failed to 



