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be "roading." In many cases it is necessary for 

 a dog to road a bird up, but the dog that 

 draws on his birds and rehes upon the body 

 scent is of much higher class. 



Pottering refers to a dog's actions while 

 working on birds or the scent of birds, A dog 

 which lacks decision in his work and spends 

 a great deal of time in foot scent or which 

 noses about where birds have been and does 

 not seem able to distinguish between old and 

 new scent, and fails to locate the birds accur- 

 ately, is said to be a potterer. 



Blinking : A dog which is able to find birds 

 and point them for a time and then without 

 flushing the birds leaves his point and goes 

 hunting for another bevy is called a blinker. 

 This fault is due sometimes to overtraining, 

 extreme nervousness or a sour, sulky disposi- 

 tion and is a most difficult one to overcome. 



The word stanch refers to a dog's actions . 

 while pointing. The word steady refers to his 

 actions after the birds are flushed. These two 

 words are frequently confused. A dog can 

 be properly referred to as stanch when he es- 

 tablishes a point on game and holds it without 

 orders or admonititions from his handler, and 

 shows no desire to draw closer to the birds. 

 A dog is steady to wing when he will allow 

 the birds to flush without moving from the 

 pointing position. He is steady to shot, if the 



