24 THE AMATEUR TRAINER, 
not seem to understand, gets confused, and per¬ 
forms badly, the fault lies with the trainer, who 
is endeavoring to crowd too much into his head at 
a time, also probably giving contrary orders in 
quick succession, which would bewilder a dog even 
far more advanced. While regularity in the giving 
of lessons is quite important, the trainer should use 
his judgment in regard to duration of the separate 
lessons. To begin with, one-half hour will be suf¬ 
ficient, which time may gradually be extended to 
one hour for each lesson; in this matter much de¬ 
pends upon the development and constitution of the 
dog. Give sufficient nutritious food twice a day, 
but avoid overfeeding, and let him have access 
to fresh water at all times. The time required to 
properly train depends equally upon the intelli¬ 
gence, capabilities and endurance of both the dog 
and trainer. 
During the first season, training of the dog 
should be made the principle object; let shooting be 
secondary. While training, no spectators are ad¬ 
missible for many reasons. In order to make any 
progress, the dog and trainer must give each other 
their full attention , which cannot be done in the 
presence of a second person. 
TRAIN FOR A PURPOSE. 
The sportsman desires a dog useful in field 
shooting, and the object of these pages is to enable 
him to produce such a dog through his own efforts. 
