112 BREAKING A BIRD DOG 
described when she immediately left the 
point and ran forward a few feet, flushing 
as big a bunch of birds as I have ever seen. 
But even worse—she gave chase as if she 
would run them clear out of the county! I 
had a terribly hard time getting her in and 
under control. I realized I was partly to 
blame. Furthermore, you can’t expect an 
old head on young shoulders. Nevertheless, 
here was a matter that needed the firm hand 
of discipline. Her little fun was all right if 
she didn’t carry it too far. 
I took her over to where I had seen one of 
the singles drop, and the little devil ran into 
that quail and flushed it exactly the same 
way that she had the covey. This time I 
secured a switch and punished her good 
and severely. She had been so deliberately 
lawless that there was nothing else to do. 
She knew better—and she simply ran wild, 
ignoring my commands as well as my plead¬ 
ings. In a case like that you haven’t much 
of an alternative—but that doesn’t mean 
that you must hurt a dog severely. A 
whipping and a beating are two different 
things. On occasion, one is permissible— 
