DOG-BREAKING- 



CHAPTER I. 



PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAK- 

 ER IN DOG. 



1. DOG-BREAKING, so far from there being any mys- 

 tery in it, is an art easily acquired when it is commenced 

 and continued on rational principles. 



2. I think you will be convinced of this if you will 

 have the patience to follow me, whilst I endeavor to 

 explain what, I am satisfied, is the most certain and 

 rapid method of breaking in your dogs, whether you 

 require great proficiency in them, or are contented with 

 an inferior education. No quicker system has yet been 

 devised, however humble the education may be. The 

 education in fact of the peasant, and that of the future 

 double-first collegian, begin and proceed on the same 

 principle. You know your own circumstances, and you 

 must yourself determine what time you choose to devote 

 to them ; and, as a consequence, the degree of excel- 

 lence to which you aspire. I can only assure you of my 

 firm conviction, that no other means will enable you to 



