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to go; then walk straight up the middle of the 

 field. When you whistle for him to turn, beat 

 off to the left yourself, and as the dog gets 

 near your true course, turn and move sharply 

 to the right and go with him on his proper 

 course until he has passed you. Now turn 

 sharply about and go to the right and a little 

 forward. When the dog turns lead him on his 

 course by going straight to the right of your 

 true course. The dog will zig-zag about and 

 often show a disposition to go straight ahead, 

 but must be whistled in and led on the proper 

 beat. The breaker will find it necessary to 

 travel a great deal diagonally from a straight 

 line through the center of the field, in order to 

 get the dog in the way of going from side to 

 side of the field, but as the dog becomes accus- 

 tomed to the work the handler may keep closer 

 to the true course, although it will be necessary 

 to turn a little when the dog is coming toward 

 him in order to keep on the beat. When the 

 dog is coming at right angles toward the breaker 

 he will naturally veer off his beat and go in the 

 direction the breaker is traveling. Whenever he 

 does this, which will happen very often, the 

 breaker must whistle him back and move 

 straight away in the direction he wishes the 

 dog to travel. This is about all there is to 

 teaching a dog the early lessons in quartering, 

 but it is a tedious job and one calculated to 



