CONCERNING DOGS. 167 



This method of teaching a dog is much 

 better than whipping his skin off his ribs. I 

 never use a whip, or even take one with me, 

 when breaking young dogs ; some men teach 

 by the whip, but I never knew any good come 

 of using a whip unnecessarily to a young dog, 

 he is invariably cowed or made sulky, and, 

 however good his breed, will never be such a 

 good dog in the field as he would have been 

 had he been taught by kindness and with 

 patience. I say, therefore, to all who wish to 

 break dogs properly : " Leave the whip at 

 home." Great patience is required in dog 

 breaking, and, if a man be not blessed with 

 that commodity, he had better not attempt to 

 break any dog. Let the young dog punish 

 himself with the cord, throwing himself over by 

 it ; two or three wrenching cracks at the neck, 

 caused by his running in when he had no busi- 

 ness to, soon makes a dog think and understand, 

 and a lesson once properly understood is soon 

 learnt and never forgotten. 



After a young dog is properly broken take a 

 whip out with you, but be careful how you use 



