
The Training and 
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Entering in the Field 
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The Beagle Hound 
\ Y HEN a pup is four weeks old I 
begin his education; at this 
time, I begin feeding the pup- 
pies to assist the mother in her nursing 
and also to assist in the physical devel- 
opment of the puppies, for at about five 
or six weeks of age the mother begins 
her process of weaning and she isn’t 
long doing it; but what care the pups 
by this time, they are getting “four 
squares” a day and what they steal, 
when the mother is willing, in this way 
they do not miss the mother and look to 
you as the most dependable feeding 
ground. When I am ready to feed, I 
get every thing all set and then step 
quietly into the kennel and call the little 
fellows several times softly in succes- 
sion, and keep calling until all are as- 
sembled at my feet, then I set the pan 
down and place the food into it. 
I arrange the pups around the pan 
and steady them if they attempt to 
crowd, I never speak again to the pup- 
pies, I do everything with my hands; 
if they climb into the pan, I reach over 
and lift them gently out and up to feed 
again and if they crawl over or under 
another pup, I place him back in line 
with my hand. 
‘By ROY THAYER 
After a week or two, four lessons a 
day, you notice they have acquired table 
manners and they begin to notice that 
whenever you call, they get something 
to eat. I may go into a kennel on 
other occasions and the pups will run 
out and over my feet, but I have nothing 
to say, I go on about my business and 
leave, if they cry I say nothing. 
If you do not say much or anything, 
pups become very bold and forward, the 
food attracts them in the first instance 
and they soon get bolder and bolder, 
they will take hold of your shoe lace or 
the bottoms of your trousers and give 
them a shake, thus gaining confidence. 
UDDEN noises, loud talking, scold- 
ing or hollering at your dogs or 
pups, makes them timid, cowardly, and 
in time if you insist on continuing it, 
they pay no attention to your com- 
mands or entreaties, and will run in 
the opposite direction. 
Get your pup’s confidence, teach him 
you are his friend and benefactor, let 
him “play’’, even if he should eat your 
wife’s $75.00 bonnet, don’t beat him 
and abuse him, preferable use your 
head and see to it that $75.00 hats are 
not left around loose. Let your pups 
live a pup’s life—just as a child must 
go through a certain stage or stages, 
manhood will arrive all too soon, and 
when Nature has issued her referen- 
dum, to go to work, you will find that 
Nature knows when to step in. Boys 
who have little or no boyhood make 
sad, sour, cold and calculating men, 
they desire to get even with the world 
for what they think they lost, so with 
a dog, a sad hound is no joy. 
VERY fault, every physical deform- 
ity, such as rickets and its lesser 
associates, lack of exercise, nutrition 
and education, makes the training of 
a hound just that much more difficult 
and longer. 
Every time you feed your pups, 
“steady” them, teach them to know the 
word “steady”; that-word is the key 
and the control of the hound’s deport- 
ment. If you can make a dog obey you 
(steady) at meal time—get him or 
them, so that when the food is set in 
front of them, at the command ‘steady” 
they will wait, calmly for a second or 
two—then “take ’em” they will start to 
devour the food—you can in time set 

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