Modern Breaking 105 



quail dog so soon as he gets a good idea of 

 ranging always from one side to the other of 

 the course. 



Quartering is one of the most difficult of all 

 lessons to teach, and to reach anything like a 

 fair degree of perfection great skill, patience 

 and perseverance are necessary. The dog will 

 be sure to go wrong, and after he gets a good 

 idea of what the breaker means bv directing 

 him with his hand, the dog will persist in going 

 his own way. He will be sure to turn in quite 

 as often as he will turn out, thus traveling over 

 ground already beat out. This latter fault is 

 natural, as when the dog is ranging and the 

 breaker whistles for him to turn, the natural 

 thing to do is to turn toward the breaker, and 

 this brings him on the inside of his proper 

 course. Anyone who attempts to teach a dog 

 to beat out a field in comparatively straight 

 lines, going from side to side at right angles 

 with the breaker's course, will have much 

 trouble getting the dog to turn out on the beat 

 instead of in toward the handler. 



In the beginning, select a small field for this 

 work and be sure to go up wind. The dog will 

 travel well across the wind and will be more 

 likely to turn out when whistled around, as 

 naturally he will like to keep his head in the 

 wind. Start the dog off to the right with a 

 wave of the hand in the direction you wish him 



