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FOREST AND STREAM 
November, 1920 
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TRAINING THE PUPPY 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream: 
S EEING your request in the last issue 
of Forest and Stream on the sub- 
ject of training the hunting dog, I will 
give you my experience, which has ex- 
tended over a period of nearly fifty 
years. I have bred and trained setters 
since 1871. 
My method of training is, first, to get 
the puppy’s confidence and affection. I 
do this by feeding him myself and let- 
ting no one else feed or handle him dur- 
ing the time he is under training. After 
I have gained the confidence and affec- 
tion of the pup, I take him into a room 
by himself so that I can have his entire 
attention, let him get thoroughly familiar 
with the room and his surroundings, 
play with him for a day or two by throw- 
ing him a ball and letting him play with 
it; give him something to eat and then 
return him to his kennel for the rest 
of the day. 
The pup now knows the room and is 
familiar with his surroundings. After 
playing with him for a while, I call him 
to me and gently but firmly press him to 
the floor and hold him down until he 
ceases to struggle, using the words: 
“down, charge”. As soon as he becomes’ 
quiet and holds his position without the 
restraint of my hand, I keep him down 
for a while and then use the words: 
“high up”; let him play around the 
room, feed him and return him to his 
kennel. I do this each day until he will 
“down” and “high up” at the word of 
command. 
The next step is to teach him to head 
his food. I place the food before him, 
get a firm hold on his collar and tell 
him to “head”, and hold him until he 
will stand steady, then release my hold 
and tell him to “high on” and let him 
eat it. I repeat this until I can make 
him stand by using the word “head”. 
He has now learned to “down, charge”, 
“high up”, “head”, “high on” at the 
word of command. I now place his food 
before him, tell him to “down, charge”, 
“high up”, “head” and “high on”. I go 
through with this each time he is fed 
until I am convinced he has learned his 
lesson thoroughly and will not forget 
what he has been taught. 
In this way I have trained dogs by 
using the whistle instead of the voice 
and have seldom had to give them a word 
of command. 
Teaching the pup to retrieve is the 
most difficult part of his training. Some 
dogs are natural born retrievers and re- 
quire very little training, while others 
require the patience of Job; some will 
bring a glove or anything you order them 
to fetch, but will often refuse to bring 
in a dead bird. One of the best retriev- 
ers I have ever owned refused to bring 
the first two or three dead birds, al- 
though she would bring anything she 
was told to bring, even to her own pups. 
' Most puppies will play with a ball and 
bring it to you, but as soon as they be- 
come tired of playing with it will refuse 
to do so. Now this is where the patience 
and endurance of the trainer comes in, 
for if he is over harsh and attempts to 
punisli the pup, the chances are he will 
frighten him and never make a retriever 
of him. 
Watch the pup closely while he is play- 
ing with the ball, and as. soon as he 
shows the least sign of becoming tired, 
stop his lessons for the day; go over his 
lesson each day until you can make him 
bring the ball to you. 
I have forced some dogs to retrieve 
and find they always make the best re- 
trievers ; but, a dog must be of high cour- 
age that will stand forced handling. 
Even then it requires a great deal of 
patience and judgment on the part of 
the trainer to keep from breaking his 
spirit and cowering him. 
If you have your pup thoroughly yard- 
broken before starting him in the field, 
and especially if he is well bred and 
shows a lot of bird sense, you will n-ot 
have much trouble breaking him in the 
field; all that it will be required of you 
will be patience and firmness and gentle 
treatment. 
Geo. H. Rose, Virginia. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream: 
I NOTICE in your September issue a 
description of the Chesapeake Bay dog 
that I cannot help taking exception to. 
The true Chesapeake of the present day 
is not a long-coated dog but an otter 
coat; short, dense under coat with the 
outer or guard coat composed of longer 
and stiffer hair. There are three types 
as regarding coat that may be seen, first, 
the short otter coat dog; second, the 
long, curly coat, and third, the long, 
straight coat. Occasionally a specimen 
is seen that has a very thick, short, 
dense coat, slightly curly and without 
the outer guard coat. This is the hand- 
somest coat ever seen on a dog, abso- 
lutely waterproof. It resembles the fur 
of the musk-rat. Such a dog is owned 
by J. M. Welch of the Welch’s Island 
Game Reserve at Rock Island, 111. 
As to color, I have never seen a pure- 
bred that was black - or red. They will, 
when crossed with an Irish Setter or Irish 
Water Spaniel, throw nearly all black 
pups, but the pure-bred dog is never a 
black or red. The prevailing colors seen 
among pure-bred stock are the dead grass 
and from a light to a dark brown, with 
occasionally one mixed with the above. 
The light brown and the dead grass are 
the most popular on account of their 
excellent blending qualities in any cover. 
As to the excellence of the breed on 
the Eastern Shore, there are more good 
Chesapeakes owned and bred in the Da- 
kotas, Iowa, and Minnesota than all the 
rest of the United States combined. I 
very much doubt if you could obtain a 
really first class Chesapeake stud in the 
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