36 PRINCIPLES OF DOG TRAINING. 
bird is killed, after you have reloaded throw your 
dog off in the direction of dead game by a motion 
of your hand, saying, as before, “ Dead seek,” or 
“Seek dead.” Continue on each occasion to urge 
him to “fetch”; this he will surely do sooner or 
later if he has been well trained in the yard. 
Always approach the marked covey or bird to 
leeward, in order to give your dog every advan- 
tage of the scent, and to avoid blunders which he 
will be apt to make running down wind on his 
game. In the course of time, if hunted regulaaly, 
he will soon learn to fall down wind himself, and 
hold well up on it in the search. When you note 
that your dog does this, you can congratulate 
yourself upon the possession of a valuable hunter, 
and one which will only require work to bring 
him near perfection. After using the cord for a 
few days, you can take it off and give the pup a 
trial without it. You must be on the alert, for 
very likely, upon the first flush, feeling no check, 
he will imagine that you wanted him to go. If 
he does so after the command * Charge,’ you 
must catch him and use the lash, sparingly, how- 
ever, at first. 
