THE DOG. 
fng Is steadiness, obedience, to drop 
or down charge, to work close to the 
shooter, and to retrieve. Therefore, 
in breaking, the same rules may be 
observed as those in the education of 
the pointer and setter, excepting that 
portion which relates to pointing. 
Spaniels learn retrieving very read- 
ily, more so than any dog, save the 
poodle. Their training may be 
begun at an earlier age than that of 
the pointer or setter. Ijkld Spaniel, “Champion Blue Bells II.” 
Property of Mr. W. T. i'ayne, Kingston, l’a. 
TRAINING OP HOUNDS. 
All that is necessary in training hounds is to accustom them to the sound 
of the horn, to break up any riot in behavior, and to have tliem obey their 
master. Young hounds will take to trailing naturally when in company with 
older dogs. Experience is their best teacher. Beagles are taught that the 
report of the gun is a call for them to come in. / 
TRAINING OP VERMIN DOG3.' 
Care should be observed not to allow terriers to attack vermin when they 
are very young, which they will do if allowed, unless they are protected from 
injury. A good plan to follow is to remove the teeth of a rat and allow the 
puppy to worry it, or, what is better, give him a mouse 'for his first victim to 
kill. A full-grown rat will sometimes so punish a puppy as to render him 
fearful ever afterwards. Terriers hunt vermin at an early age, and no training 
is needed. When wanted for rabbit-hunting, and they are useful for this sporty 
they soon learn from the beagle, with which they may be allowed to run. 
TO PREVENT AND TO BREAK FROM GUN-SHYNESS. 
It is discouraging to the sportsman to find his dog, notwithstanding he mayi 
be purely bred, to be gun-shy, or afraid of the report of firearms. To avoid! 
all such danger, especially if the animal shows himself to be of a nervous 
nature, he should never be fed unless a pistol was first fired oflf, beginning with 
light charges and increasing the loads when he began to associate the report 
with the pleasure of satisfying his hunger. Then when we are ready to begig. 
to train, the sight of a gun, and the noise made thereby, can be borne. 
A grown dog can be in the same manner corrected of shyness by keeping 
him with a keen appetite for his meals, and striving to show him that the gun 
will not injure him, and to associate its report with a pleasure at feeding time. 
He should be so fed as to be ravenous wheu the hour for his meals approaches, 
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