128 BREAKING A BIRD DOG 
happened to have Byrd with me in town and 
decided that I would like to have a shower, 
but was a little late getting started home 
and didn't have any time to spare. I de¬ 
cided that this would be a good opportunity 
to give her a little instruction. I took her 
with me into the locker room, and, when I 
was ready for the shower, I pushed her to 
the floor by the chair where I had placed my 
clothes and then, while I held my hand on 
her back to keep her down, I quietly but 
firmly repeated the instruction: “Lie down 
—stay there." When I had given her this 
order several times so that I felt reasonably 
sure she would do as instructed, unless her 
attention was diverted, I started for the 
shower; but I asked a friend of mine who 
was there to watch her out of the corner of 
his eye and give me the signal quickly if she 
should start to leave. I had just begun to 
run the water when he called to me that he 
believed she was getting ready to move 
from her post—and so I immediately left 
the shower and caught her in the very act of 
starting away. I then again pressed her to 
the floor and repeated the same commands 
