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obstinately " rushed into dead," I should feel much 

 disposed to employ a slightly spiked collar in the follow- 

 ing manner. 



206. That the mere carrying tHe collar might not 

 annoy the dog, I would extract or flatten the nails fixed 

 on the top of the collar, on the part, I mean, that would 

 lie on the animal's neck. This collar I would place on 

 his neck, in front of his common light collar. I would 

 then firmly fasten the checkcord, in the usual way, 

 to the spiked collar ; but, to prevent any annoyance 

 from dragging the checkcord, at about five or six inches 

 from the fastening just made I would attach it to the 

 common collar, with very slight twine twine so slight 

 that, although it would not give way to the usual drag of 

 the checkcord, however long, yet it would readily break 

 on my having to pull strongly against the wilful rush of 

 an obstinate dog, when, of course, the spikes would 

 punish him, as the strain would then be borne by the 

 spiked collar alone. 



207. Guided by circumstances, I would afterwards 

 either remove the spiked collar, or, if I conceived another 

 bout necessary, refasten the checkcord to the common 

 collar with some of the thin twine, leaving, as before, 

 five or six inches of the checkcord loose between the 

 two collars. 



208. If you should ever consider yourself forced to 

 employ a spiked collar, do not thoughtlessly imagine 

 that the same collar will suit all dogs. The spikes for a 

 thin coated pointer ought to be shorter than for a course 



