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CHAPTER IV. 



TERRIERS AT WORK — Continued. 



If patience is needed in the early training of 

 terriers, it is more than ever wanted in teaching 

 them to run in a pack, though if you have made 

 yourself acquainted with the dispositions and 

 tempers you have to deal with, there is an ever- 

 increasing pleasure in watching them come under 

 control. Terriers will indeed soon learn what you 

 want them to do above-ground, and the great 

 thing to aim at in getting them to run in a pack is 

 to keep them together. If indeed you have a gun 

 out, this is essential to their safety, as a dog 

 suddenly appearing from an unlooked-for quarter 

 is very likely to receive what was meant for 

 bunny. 



If the terriers are to run down their own game, 

 it is best to begin by taking out a few couple at 

 a time. Then, as they gain confidence in one 

 another, you may gradually increase the number 

 till you have as many as you require. Seven or 

 eight couple are enough for any kind of sport, 

 and although I have sometimes taken the field 



