136 Modern Breaking 



there will plunge headforemost into a patch of 

 briers or plow uncomplainingly through the 

 sedge grass and weeds that have a coating of 

 December ice that cuts like needles. The bull- 

 dog when asked to display the same fortitude 

 will come whimpering back to its master. 



If you own a gunshy dog by all means go 

 to work to break him. There are nummerous 

 methods to be pursued and all are aimed at 

 what seems a comparatively simple problem — ' 

 the overcoming in the animal of the fear of 

 the discharge of the gun. In the abstract, this 

 should be easy. The dog is an intelligent ani- 

 mal, observing and quick to recognize friend 

 or foe, readily adaptable to circumstances, and 

 if properly handled will learn that the report 

 of a gun is not fraught with pain or danger. 



One method and a very simple one is to 

 lead your dog to a trap shooting ground 

 day after day, until he becomes accustomed to 

 and loses all fear of the continuously popping 

 shells. This practice will and has broken many 

 a gunshy dog. The great mistake breakers 

 make in handling a dog affected this way is 

 that when the dog hears the guns and displays 

 the utmost fear, they immediately attempt to 

 reassure him by petting and talking to him. 

 This simply encourages the dog in the behef 

 that there is some danger connected, with the 

 noise, and the more you pet him the more 



