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F OREST AND STREAM 
March, 1918 
THE KENNEL MART 
FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE 
you sometimes order a small package of biscuits 
or food for your dog—when at a show or on a 
journey for instance—but do you always insist 
upon having “SPRATT’S”? The mere fact that 
you are only buying a small quantity is no rea¬ 
son why you should content yourself with biscuits 
of inferior quality, as you can always obtain 
SPRATT’S 
DOG CAKES 
AND 
PUPPY BISCUITS 
Write for samples and send 2 -cent-stamp for 
“ Dog Culture.” 
SPRATT’S PATENT LIMITED 
Newark, N. J. San Francisco St. Louis 
Cleveland Montreal 
Factory also in London, England 
THE BEST IN POINTERS 
Puppies sired by the great Pionters Fishel’s 
Frank and Cham. Comanche Frank out of the 
best bitches living. Broken dogs and brood 
bitches. Write me if you want a shooting dog. 
List free. U, R. Fishel, Box 128, Hope, Indiana. 
The Blue Grass Farm Kennels 
OF BERRY, KENTUCKY 
offer for sale Setters and Pointers, Fox and Cat 
Hounds, "Wolf and Deer Hounds, Coon and Opos¬ 
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dogs shipped on trial, purchaser alone to judge 
the quality. Satisfaction guaranteed or money 
refunded. 60-page, highly illustrated, interesting 
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Trained Rabbit Hounds, Fox¬ 
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BROWN’S KENNELS, YORK, PA. 
WANTED—Pointers and setters to 
train; game plenty. For sale trained 
setters, also some good rabbit hounds. 
Dogs sent on trial. Dogs boarded. 
Stamp for reply. O. K Kennels, 
Maryd^l, Md. 
Is This Worth 
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Our field dog control will 
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shot or wing, teaches him 
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dogs can be worked in 
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New Preston, Conn. 
BOOK ON 
DOG DISEASES 
And How to Feed 
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tho Author 
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this as there is no possibility of killing a 
bird over them at this time and rewarding 
them for their good work. Some training 
however, is always done in the Spring but 
the finishing touches to all of his dogs takes 
place the latter end of August or the begin¬ 
ning of September. In the present day, it is 
absolutely necessary that pointers and set¬ 
ters should be free rangers, and his dogs 
are encouraged to take wide beats; but the 
whistle is used when they get too far awaj 
and they are taught to obey it promptly, 
For the first few times when birds are 
flushed, if the inexperienced puppy chases 
them as far as he can see them he is nol 
interfered with by the whistle. Upon the 
puppy’s return, however, he is dropped tci 
hand at the place where he started. 
When casting a dog away he is always, 
started against the wind. A well broken and 
experienced animal always works this wa; 
if possible. Hunting down wind is a grea 
handicap and it is practically impossible t< 
expect a young dog to find birds workini 
that way; but by always starting him righ 
he soon learns to seek the wind himself 
Young dogs are always encouraged by re 
wards and flattery to use their brains a: 
well as their noses for without this com 
bination no pointer or setter can be a perl 
feet bird finder. Too much is never at 
tempted at one time. After his dogs havi 
done a meritorious action he is sure to lei 
them know that he is pleased with them 
After his puppies have learned all the mino 
details of breaking, and will search tb 
fields intelligently, drop to hand and ar 
steady to point and obedient to the whistl 
or word of command, their education i 
considered as well advanced but not ye 
complete. They must be taught to back 
A sharp lookout is always kept for th 
slightest inclination to gun-shyness, and th 
effort is always made to let the young do 
understand that the sound of the gun wr 
not hurt him but is associated with some 
thing from which he will derive pleasure 
To accustom young dogs to the sound O' 
the gun a pistol is fired off a short distanc 
from the kennel just before feeding. Th 
puppy which is inclined to gun-shyness 
sometimes coupled to an old dog which 
perfectly steady to shot. Others that lac 
confidence are led in the rear of a shootin , 
party until they have seen a few birds killei 
and afterwards as a rule they do not agail 
show nervousness. In shooting over 1 
puppy for the first time he is always carefi 5 
to kill a bird as that goes a long way t a 
building up the spirits of a young dog. 
To teach puppies to back, he takes theiij 
out one at a time with a perfectly steacM 
old dog. When the latter points the younjB 
ster will either back of his own accor'B 
rush in and steal the point or simply brea 1 
in and chase. If the youngster does not in 
prove with repeated opportunities but coi 
tinues to break in and flush, the check coi 
is brought into use, and he is lead up behir 
the pointing dog quietly and held in th 
position until he finally quiets down ai • 
take an interest in the pointing dog aij 
honors his point by backing. All of this,» 
course, is not accomplished in one lesson' I 
in several, but is slowly instilled into tl j 
mind of the pupil, who is never for a m j 
ment allowed to lose the confidence of I ; 
handler. In fact the most remarkable thii 
of all is the absolute devotion this rugg' J 
man from the Scottish border receives fro* 
the dogs he has about him. 
