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Forest and Stream 
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In ‘Writing to 
TRAINING A POINTER 
FURTHER STEPS IN DEVELOPING THE NATURAL 
APTITUDE OF FISHEL’S FRANK’S GRANDSON 
By G. F. HAMILTON 
ROCEEDING further 
with the development 
of the Kid, I was 
training him for a 
pheasant dog, but as 
it is very desirable 
for a dog to drop to 
shot and wing when 
hunting quail, I de- 
cided to try it on 
him. When I threw 
the block into the air, 
1 made a noise like 
the beating of wings 
when a bird is flushed; then gave the 
command “Whoa, Charge.” At first the 
Kid would get nearly to the dead bird 
before he would drop. With constant 
practice nearly every evening, however, 
he hnally learned to drop as soon as he 
saw the bird in the air or heard the 
sound of wings. Later on I brought in 
the sound of a gun by the use of a cap 
pistol and a twenty-two caliber blank 
cartridge revolver. 
Warm weather had come now so I 
taught him to retrieve from water. On 
the first three trips to the lake, I just 
let him puddle around at the edge of 
the water to suit himself. Then I began 
by having him. fetch the block from only 
a few inches of water. I gradually 
threw it out farther until he had to swim 
to fetch it. 
On the way to and from the lake I 
taught him to heel. I prefer a dog to 
walk at my right side where he is in 
sight, when heeling, instead of behind 
as is the usual custom. Therefore I led 
the Kid at my right side and whenever 
he lagged behind or went ahead, gave 
him a slight jerk and ordered ‘‘Heel.” 
His tendency was to go ahead, so I let 
the rope drag, and when he tried to 
speed up, I stepped on the rope which 
brought him up short, and ordered 
“Heel.” Half a dozen times out with 
the rope dragging did the trick. After 
that he would heel at command. 
T he Kid was now only ten months old 
and knew all the dope that I thought 
necessary to make him a high class 
shooting dog. What he lacked was ac- 
tual experience on game and that cannot 
be had in the back yard of a city lot. 
It is possible to obtain a permit from 
the Conservation Commission to train a 
dog afield during September. When 
September first came, I was ready to 
work the Kid in the field, having re- 
ceived such a permit. The first few 
times out the pup did not show much 
class, only puttering around and not 
hunting much. Then he nearly ran over 
a pheasant. The bird flushed about six 
feet in front of him, surprising him so 
much he just stood still and watched it 
fly away. This put the pep in him and 
he began to rim around like a race horse. 
For the next half dozen times out the 
Kid went so fast and wide he looked 
almost good enough for the Derby 
Trials. During these fast runs he flushed 
lots of birds and chased some. How- 
ever, he was beginning to slow up when 
he struck scent and tried to work out his 
birds. The birds were still getting up 
before he came to a staunch point, but I 
was able to get close enough to stop the 
Kid from chasing. If a bird flushed 
close to him he would partly drop, then 
in a crouching position watch it fly away. 
He was trying to drop to wing as I had 
taught him, yet at the same time keep 
the bird in sight. Right here I decided 
that I did not want him to drop to shot 
or wing. If I could keep him steady, 
just standing and watching their flight, 
he would be in a better position for re- 
trieving when I should shoot later on. 
If a bird flushed some distance from the 
pup he would sometimes chase. At the 
command "Whoa,” however, he would 
always stop. 
Then the Kid made his first staunch 
point. He was working in ragweed and 
pointed directly toward me. It was not 
a stylish point, but low and crouching. 
But he was staunch. I stood still for 
about three minutes, then flushed a hen 
In the field 
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