64 TAUGHT TO "CAKRY." [en. iv. 



pressively to him, scold him if he is obstinate and 

 refuses to take hold of the glove. After a little time 

 retire a few paces, keeping one hand under his mouth 

 (to prevent his dropping the glove), while you lead or 

 drag him with the other. When you halt, be sure not 

 to take the glove immediately from him, oblige him 

 to continue holding it for at least a minute, (lest he 

 should learn to relinquish his grip too soon) before you 

 make him yield at the command " give ; " then bestow 

 a reward. Should he drop it before he is ordered to 

 deliver it, replace it in his mouth, and again retreat 

 some steps before ordering him to "give." He will 

 soon follow with it at your heels. If you have suf- 

 ficient perseverance you can thus make him earn all his 

 daily food. Hunger will soon perfect him in the lesson. 

 Observe that there are four distinct stages in this trick 

 of carrying, the first, making the dog grasp and retain, 

 the second, inducing him to bring, following' at your 

 heels, the third, teaching him not to quit his hold 

 when you stop, the fourth, getting him to deliver into 

 your hands on your order. The great advantage of a 

 sporting dog's acquiring this trick, is, that it accustoms 

 him to deliver into your hands / and it often happens 

 that you must thus teach a dog to " carry '' as a pre- 

 parative to teaching him to " fetch." It certainly will 

 be judicious in you to do so, if the dog is a lively, 

 riotous animal ; for the act of carrying the glove (or 

 stick, &c.) quietly at your heels will sober him, and 

 make him less likely to run off with it instead of de- 

 livering it when you are teaching him to fetch. As 

 soon as he brings the glove tolerably well, try him with 

 a short stick. You will wish him not to seize the end 

 of it, lest he should learn to "drag" instead of to 

 " carry." Therefore fix pegs or wires into holes drilled 



