CHAPTER VII. 
TAKING THE PUP AFIELD. 
You are fortunate if the game season finds 
your dog at the age of seven or eight months, 
and he has learned the lessons which we have 
already assigned; you can now take him to the 
field while they are yet fresh in his mind. The 
change will be no less pleasing than bewildering ; 
the scent which is emitted from the grouse and 
quail will tickle his nose more than the morsels 
of meat did his palate, and he will awake to a 
world of new sensations and delights. If he is a 
well bred puppy, in good health and courageous, 
he will at first probably be wild, and unmindful 
of everything said or done. Do not repress him 
at once, or restrain his dash and range, but permit 
him to run riot for an hour or two, when he will 
come down to his work. ‘This eagerness is not 
objectionable in a youngster. It is indicative of 
physical vigor and good breeding, and, to a cer- 
tain extent, is evidence that he possesses the 
e 
33 
