108 THE AMATEUR TRAINER, 
bravery (?) with some tempting tid-bits. By this 
procedure the dog cannot fail to learn that the noise 
is harmless and only the announcement of a treat to 
himself. When the dog evinces great joy on seeing 
his master nearing with gun and dish heaped up 
with tempting food, he is ready to be taken afield 
for further practice. Hunger is not kept at such a 
painful degree at this stage, but light feeding is still 
necessary. 
Place a piece of hard-baked corn bread or hand¬ 
ful of cut meat into coat pocket; go to kennel with 
gun in hand; place the force collar upon dog; a cord 
twenty feet in length is attached, on end of which 
a loop is made, to be placed on upper left arm; un¬ 
buckle plain collar and drop it to ground; produce 
the entire piece of bread, as if in the act of giving 
it to dog, but he must not get a bit of it at this time. 
Again place it into pocket in a way that he cannot 
fail to see where it went to ; order, “Come on !” and 
start off to the open field; at times stop, reach for 
bread, break off a small corner and give to dog; 
stow balance away and proceed. After a suitable 
place has been reached, take in hand a piece of 
bread or meat the size of a walnut; let the dog nose, 
but not take it; handle the gun promiscuously. 
Let him smell and lick at bread again, now toss the 
same to one side about fifteen feet; the dog will in¬ 
stantly put after it, and just at the moment he takes 
it up to eat, the gun is fired in an opposite direction. 
Even if the dog should become frightened and en- 
