October, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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successful than I am. I once had an 
•“incorrigible.” No one could manage him. 
He was all right while he was in sight, 
but if he got beyond restraint he would 
hunt off by himself unmindful of call or 
whistle. Several good handlers said that 
the only way to keep him under control 
would be to tie or kill him. Not wishing 
to do either I traded him to a dealer who 
sent him out West where he promptly 
made good, when worked in large fields 
by men riding. He had been born on the 
wrong part of the map. 
A little pointer, a dead ringer for Mary 
Montrose, after a little yard breaking, 
behaved so well in the woods that I was 
worried because I could not see anything 
to do to her. After watching her half an 
hour in the woods one of the best known 
trainers in New England said : “Why, you 
don’t need to do anything to her. She is 
self broke. Just kill a few birds over her. 
Don’t let her retrieve till next year and 
you will have a wonderful dog.” Alas! 
An autopsy six months later showed fila- 
ria sanguinis — blood worms — and I was 
looking for a new dog. And here is the 
gist of this letter: 
No two dogs are exactly alike and no 
two owners, particularly amateurs. It is 
said that a man has to build three houses 
before he can get one to suit himself. It 
is much the same with dog-breaking. The 
amateur reads a few books and tries to 
teach his dog what he has learned, then 
he takes the dog out on game and the 
dog teaches him a few things. Study 
your dog and let him teach you some of 
the things you never dreamed of. As far 
as possible adapt yourself to his style of 
hunting. Try to understand him. He 
knows by instinct a whole lot more than 
you can realize or imagine but he can’t 
tell you, so you must watch him and 
learn his ways and how to interpret them. 
Truly the novice who starts out to 
“break” a puppy has more to learn than 
the dog has. The owner has everything 
to learn while the dog shows by instinct 
a whole lot that his master doesn’t know 
and never will know. And if he did know, 
he would not know how to teach it to him. 
Many of the best traits in many of my 
dogs have been self acquired or in- 
stinctive. 
Teach your dog the few things you 
know; study and adapt yourself to him. 
If you can learn from him as readily as 
he does from you you will probably get 
along all right and be mutually enjoyable 
shooting companions. 
After you have instructed the novice 
how to teach his dog — for the love of a 
good dog — keep on and instruct him how 
to be taught by the dog and how to deport 
himself so that the good and promising 
puppy won’t be so confused and discour- 
aged and ashamed of his owner that he 
will conclude that “all birds are hens and 
must be avoided.” 
‘ Many sportsmen spend much time in 
“breaking” their dogs (I detest that 
word “breaking”) , but mighty little in 
studying the dog and training themselves. 
The more dogs you teach the more you 
learn yourself of kindness, forbearance 
and good companionship. Show the 
youngsters how to handle themselves as 
well as their dogs and you will do them 
both a wonderful service. 
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