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fetch, it will be found advisable, and in fad 

 necessary, to accompany him for a number oi 

 times before expecting him to go alone. This 

 should not be broken off suddenly. The breaker 

 should start with the dog as if he were going 

 to the object, and having got the dog well 

 started on the way, should stop and let the 

 dog go on alone. As the dog becomes more 

 and more advanced, it will not be necessary 

 to pinch his ear. The lead should be kept 

 on him so as to have him. under restraint, but 

 further than that he should be got to work 

 withotit punishment. Later the lead can be 

 taken off and the dog induced to work without it. 



Practice is all that is necessary now to make 

 the dog perfect in this work. These lessons, 

 that up to this time have been given in a room 

 without spectators and with no other dogs tc 

 disturb the breaker or distract the attention 

 of the pupil, must be repeated now in. the yard, 

 There, the surroundings and conditions being 

 new, he may become confused and bungle oi 

 be clumsy in his work. This can be overcome 

 by a little patient rehearsing. 



During all these lessons, the cob 'or other 

 object used has been handled with the left hand, 

 The dog will become so accustomed to this, 

 that when a change is made and the object is 

 held in the right hand, he possibly may refuse 

 to take it or go for it when thrown with thai 



