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HOUSE & GARDEN 
Though Nature gave the setter his unsurpassed bird nose, the pup needs training. Here is a nine-month setter pup pointing prairie chickens, 
a fifteen-year-old pointer backing him 
YOUR HUNTING COMPANIONS 
Being a Chat on Setters and Pointers and a Word on the “Haoun Dawg” — Caring 
for Them in the Brush and Around the House 
WARREN H. MILLER 
Editor of “Field & Stream," author of “Camp Craft" 
I N choosing a dog for the family pet and watchman, the 
suburban or country resident is apt to pass by any con¬ 
sideration of the setters, pointers, and hounds on the score 
that, as he personally does very little hunting, why own a 
hunting dog? Yet all three breeds have so very many lovable 
and endearing qualities, aside from their special gifts as field 
dogs, that one would do well to learn their qualities as general 
utility dogs before passing on to other breeds. 
Particularly the setter. If there ever was a more affection¬ 
ate, handsome, lively and dependable, pet dog than a thorough¬ 
bred setter, he has 
passed on and left his 
name and style unre¬ 
corded! The very feel 
of that lovely, silky 
coat under your hand, 
the adoring affection 
of those brown eyes, 
the alert statuesque 
poses that he assumes 
under excitement—no 
one who has ever 
owned a setter will 
ever forget him ! They 
are all alike, and they 
breed true to charac¬ 
ter ; the new puppy 
quickly wins his way 
to everyone’s heart, his 
handsome form and 
beautiful coat kindle 
the eye anew, and be¬ 
fore you knew it Scout 
(or Sport or Prince) 
the Second reigns on the 
throne of Scout the First. And thus on through the generations. 
These qualities, of course, are found in all dogs who have 
become standard house pet breeds, perhaps not with the in¬ 
tensity of the setter’s affections and lovelinesses, but in a 
measure the same, so we must look at him from other points 
to sum up all his desirable qualities as a dog for the country 
or suburban home. For he is essentially a dog of the outdoors, 
too big, too lovely for the city apartment, but exactly in his 
element in any house with a bit of grounds around it and the 
open fields nearby for a walk with his master and the children. 
As a watchdog he is 
alert and courageous; 
big and powerful in 
war, with a deep, 
warning bark that will 
deter any wandering 
tramp from trespassing 
further on your 
grounds. As a chil¬ 
dren’s playmate he 
really invites mauling, 
huggings, endearments, 
caresses; never happier 
than when intimately 
associated with them in 
their play. And he 
would sooner bite off 
his own paw than snap 
at a child. 
Nature gave him his 
unsurpassed bird nose. 
You may not do so 
much shooting, but 
there are few Ameri¬ 
can country gentlemen 
A week in the fields with other dogs does wonders for a setter of good antecedents. 
Instinctively he’ll crouch and point and give warning for the shot 
