CONTENTS. 45& 



CHAPTER IV. 510. 



LESSONS IN " FETCHING." RETEIEVERS. 



86. Lessons in " fetching " recommended. Dog, not taught to re- 

 trieve, bringing dead Bird he had found. 87. Taught to deliver 

 into your hand ; never pick up a Bird yourself; Dog which often 

 lost winged Birds she had lifted. 88. Retrievers taught to carry 

 something soft ; injudiciousness of employing a stone. 89. How 

 encouraged to plunge into Water. 90. Diving, how taught. 91. 

 " Fetching " taught with a Pincushion ; with a Bunch of Keys. 

 92. Made to deliver instantly. 93. Practised to carry things of 

 the size and weight of a Hare. 94. " Fetching," how taught at 

 commencement. 95. Regular Retrievers taught to fetch Birds; 

 to "foot" Rabbits and Winged Game. 96. Retriever observes 

 when a Bird is struck ; a quality particularly useful in a Water 

 Retriever. 97. Pigeons and small Birds shot to Retrievers. 98. 

 Injudiciousness of aiding a young Dog when retrieving ; makes 

 him rely on Gun rather than his own Nose. 99. Fatigue of car- 

 rying Hare tempts young Retriever to drop it ; taught to deliver 

 quickly by rewards of hard boiled liver. 100. If he taste blood, 

 put on Wire snaffle ; how made. 101. Retriever how taught to 

 pursue faster ; should commence to " road " slowly, but " follow 

 up " rapidly. 102. Why Land Retrievers should " down charge. 

 103. Some Retrievers may " run on shot/' but those for sale should 

 " down charge." 104. Retrievers not to be of a heavy build, yet 

 strong and thick-coated. 105. Cross between Newfoundland and 

 Setter makes best Retriever ; the real Newfoundland described. 

 106. Cross from heavy Setter best Retriever. 107. Most Dogs 

 can be taught more or less to Retrieve. 108. Young Retriever to 

 lift Woodcock and Landrail 109. Retrievers never to kill Rate, 

 lift vermin, or wounded Heron, <fec. 



CHAPTER V. 527. 



INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS. TRICKS. 



10. Lessons in Country Walks. 111. "Instruction in quartering;'* 

 hunted where least likely to find Game ; taught while young. In 

 Note, Bitch shot over when seven months old. If unreasonably 

 long before taking to hunting, the remedy. 1 13. Utility of Initi- 

 atory Lessons; taught without punishing. 114. Self-confidence 

 of timid Dogs' increased. 115. The more Dogs learn, the more 

 readily they learn. 116. Two superior Dogs better than half-a- 

 dozen of the ordinary sort ; Action of Dogs ; their Feet ; Loins ; 

 dash of Foxhound gives endurance ; cross with Bull hunts with 

 nose too low ; Reliefs desirable ; best Dog reserved for evening 

 117. Memorandum, never to ride through gate with gun athwart- 

 ship ; instance of Dog's behaving admirably the first day shown 

 Game. 118. Proves the value of Initiatory Lessons. 119. Sum 



