Training and Care 
proficient in this the object is dropped upon the 
ground and the dog is encouraged to pick it up. 
This is gradually thrown farther and farther away 
until the dog retrieves it perfectly. After this the 
wooden dumb-bell is substituted. The dumb-bell is 
a small light affair that can be easily thrown and 
that on account of its shape can be easily picked up 
by the dog. Other articles are then substituted and 
these are hidden and the dog given the command 
to “Fetch, Lost.” Here, too, the distances are 
gradually increased, the articles are hidden in vari¬ 
ous places and even lightly buried. This exercise is 
of the utmost importance as can be seen in the work 
of finding lost or hidden articles and is of vital as¬ 
sistance in the preliminary work in trailing. 
- The exercise of refusing food from strangers is 
comparatively simple. The dog is tied and a stranger 
advances toward him with food, as he approaches 
the trainer urges him to “Speak.” This already 
establishes a distrust of the stranger who slowly ap¬ 
proaches and when close enough throws down some 
food, if the dog makes an attempt to pick it up the 
stranger strikes at him with a small riding whip 
frustrating every attempt on the part of the dog to 
obtain the food. The trainer in the meantime en¬ 
courages the dog to “Speak” and helps to establish 
an animosity toward the stranger. The trainer then 
takes the dog aside, praises him, and gives him a 
tidbit. 
To train the dog to attack, the aforementioned 
dummy is again used. In an obscure corner an 
assistant takes his place holding the dummy before 
