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same position is maintained while the guns are 

 discharged or the game that has been shot is 

 on the ground and he shows no inchnation to 

 move until ordered on by his handler. 



Ranging: By this term reference is made to 

 the amount of country a dog covers and the 

 distance he goes from his handler. A dog may 

 be a close ranger or a wide ranger, but this is 

 irrespective of his speed, as a dog may be a 

 slow dog and a wide ranger or a fast dog and 

 a close ranger. 



Quartering : This refers altogether to the 

 way a dog covers a piece of territory and how 

 he cuts it up in his quest for birds. A dog is 

 sometimes referred to as having a killing 

 range when he ranges wide and quarters his 

 grotmd in a manner that is best adapted to the 

 country he is hunting over. 



Snappy and merry : These terms refer 

 largely to a dog's disposition as expressed by 

 his tail action and the energy, vim and anima- 

 tion thrown into his work. Some dogs are 

 full of action and vivacity and show the great- 

 est pleasure and interest in their work. They 

 are all energy and are quick in picking up 

 points. These dogs are referred to as snappy 

 or merry, distinguishing them from dogs which 

 are slow, lumbering and plethoric and which 

 go about their work more deliberately, as if it 

 were pure work, and only a sense of duty or 



