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7. In addition to what is said in the chapter on 

 dogs, the following points may be remembered : 



1 i ) Pointers and setters should not be overworked. 

 To secure this, they should be changed at least every 

 hour. 



(2) It is best to have one man whose duty it is, 

 primarily, to hold the non-working dogs in leash. This 

 man should walk some eighty yards behind the guns, 

 and should act as a marker for the flight of coveys and 

 for fallen, especially towered birds. Where the number 

 of men is limited, he receives the picked-up birds, and 

 after carrying them for a sufficient time to allow them 

 to cool, he hands them on to the man with the horse 

 and panniers. 



(3) Retrievers must be kept well in leash. 



(4) If the scent is bad, the dogs must not be allowed 

 to range too far, and the ground must be worked very 

 slowly and carefully. If the point habitually fails, or 

 if the birds are so wild as not to sit to the point at all, 

 it is best to withdraw the dogs altogether. 



( 5 ) Plenty of time must be allowed for dogs to drink, 

 but they must be discouraged from habitually taking to 

 water. Where the ground is destitute of water and the 

 day is very hot, water should be carried on to the moor 

 for their benefit, in the panniers. 



(6) Dogs should be given some slight refreshment 

 in the shape of a sandwich at the luncheon hour ; never 

 give a dog a game or chicken bone. 



(7) It is as well, at the beginning of the season at 



