TAKING THE PUP AFIELD. 35 
down the feathers, and allow him to smell and 
enjoy it while in your hand. Though he natu- 
rally wants it himself, he will soon learn, as he 
watches it go into the game-bag after every shot, 
that you want it also, and intend to claim it. 
It is, of course, well to drop, if possible, a bird 
with each shot, so as to associate in the dog’s 
mind the shooting with the possession of the cov- 
eted game; yet the killing of birds now must be a 
secondary consideration, and your whole atten- 
tion should be given to your pupil. For this 
reason it is well to have a companion to shoot 
and mark down game, while you have an eye 
exclusively to the pup. If he is wayward and 
perverse, I would suggest the use of a small, 
strong cord, about twenty feet long; this should 
be attached to his collar. When he comes 
to a point, approach him from behind and get 
hold of or put your foot on the same, and caution 
him with “Heed.” Your comrade will now flush 
the birds, and pup in breaking shot will be jerked 
heels over head, perhaps, to the tune of “ Down 
charge.” It will require but a few such lessons 
to bring him to a sense of duty, to teach him to 
drop on the discharge of the gun. Whenever a 
