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after the pack has risen, driven up, and those that have 

 fallen mangled by him. I have seen dogs most unmerci- 

 fully flogged, and yet bolt with the same eagerness every 

 shot. It was easy to see the reason : the dog was followed by 

 the keeper, endeavouring to make him " down;" there was 

 thus a race between them which should reach the fallen bird. 



The plan to adopt with a dog of this description is, 

 when the grouse drops and the dog darts forward, never 

 to stir coolly allow him to tear away at the game until 

 you have loaded ; by which time he will most probably 

 have become ashamed of himself. You will now walk up 

 most deliberately, and, without noticing the bird, take the 

 dog by the ear, and pull him back to where you fired, all 

 the time giving several hearty shakes, and calling " down." 

 When you get to the spot where you shot from, take out 

 your whip, and between the stripes call " down" in a loud 

 voice ; continue this at intervals for some time, and, even 

 when you have finished your discipline, don't allow the 

 dog to rise for ten minutes at least ; then, after speaking 

 a few words expressive of caution, take him slowly up to 

 the bird and lift it before his nose. If this plan is rigidly 

 followed for several points, I never saw the dog that would 

 continue to run in at the shot. 



The other defect is chiefly applicable to young dogs : 

 it is when they trust to their more experienced comrade 

 to find the game, and keep continually on the outlook 

 expecting him to do so. Nothing can be done for this 

 but to pay the greatest attention to their point ; selecting 

 it in preference to that of the other dog, and always 



