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Beagles and Beagling 
necessity for it arises. Bring the puppy up to the 
hole, encourage him to dig and to give tongue, by 
hissing him on. The trainer must himself dig out 
the rabbit, which with the aid of the crow bar is 
not such a difficult task. A few experiences of this 
kind will soon teach the pupil to remain at the hole, 
for he has learned that bunny is here and the master 
will get him out. 
I must reiterate here, however, that it is always 
well to go slowly, but if the method is followed 
as previously indicated, you will soon have a well 
trained beagle for shooting purposes. The things 
to remember are, enforce implicit obedience at all 
times, except when the puppy is on trail. If it 
becomes necessary to stop hunting while he is still 
running a rabbit, the best mode of procedure is to 
endeavor to catch him up, but to call or blow him off, 
is next to impossible if the dog is made of the right 
fibre. At all events it is bad practice to even attempt 
to do so. 
