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the way prepared by months of companion¬ 
ship with my dog, so that she was ready 
when the time came to respond in the way I 
wanted her to do. 
After all, the whole proposition just gets 
right back to my idea that it is companion¬ 
ship and confidence that will accomplish the 
purpose you seek—more than any deep se¬ 
cret or mysterious power or special knowl¬ 
edge of set rules how to secure a given re¬ 
sult. Don’t think of the rule book when 
confronted by some problem with your dog. 
Use your own judgment and place your 
faith in his friendship—and it’s pretty apt 
to be more your fault than his if he fails you. 
Love, backed by plain common sense and 
good judgment, will do more than anything 
else in the world. If you get a well-bred 
dog, from parents that have been real bird 
dogs, you have the natural instincts pretty 
well developed. And if you haven’t such a 
specimen to start with, it is often cheaper 
and better to get a new dog rather than 
spend too much time and money on one that 
may never be worth his feed. This is not 
always true, of course, but as a rule is pretty 
