V4 THE AMATEUR TRAINER, 
been on the dog while under orders, and even at 
this stage he is not supposed to he perfectly at 
liberty. Slip the collar, to which a cord of about 
fifteen feet is attached, over dog’s head, allow cord 
to drag, proceed up-wind and cast the dog off, with 
order, “Hie on !” motioning with right hand in 
that direction. The dog makes a cast straight out; 
after going a short distance turn in an oblique 
direction, allowing dog to reach out a suitable dis¬ 
tance on his course. At this point sound a plain 
single note with the whistle, merely to attract his 
attention, and the moment he looks back direct by 
motion of hand to course you are holding. The 
dog seeing himself off to one side, will wheel and 
cut across to intercept you at right angle. The 
moment he comes up even, turn still more to same 
side with wave of hand, leading dog to believe you 
will turn still further, but as soon as he has passed 
out a short distance, turn abruptly in opposite 
oblique direction, and again attract dog’s attention 
at above distance, signaling as before. This 
maneuver is continued, and teaches the dog to keep 
a proper distance to which he should extend his 
flings. By experience he will learn to readily 
respond to the signal by hand. It will not be well 
to give the dog too free a range as yet—a w T ider 
range will be attained without difficulty later on. 
At this time it is necessary to impress the idea 
firmly that he is still under control. The aim is to 
teach the dog systematic quartering eventually 
