Modern breaking; a treatise on the rearing, breaking and handling of setters and pointers, embodying the methods employed by the most successful breakers and field trial handlers of the day .. . it, it should be moved back tothe next lowest place to which he has been ac-customed, and then it should be held graduallya little lower. Finally, the object should belaid on the ground, but the breaker should notlet go of it, keeping his hand under one endof it while the other end rests on the dog will act awkwardly in getting hold ofit, and the first few attempts may fail en-tirely in tryi


Modern breaking; a treatise on the rearing, breaking and handling of setters and pointers, embodying the methods employed by the most successful breakers and field trial handlers of the day .. . it, it should be moved back tothe next lowest place to which he has been ac-customed, and then it should be held graduallya little lower. Finally, the object should belaid on the ground, but the breaker should notlet go of it, keeping his hand under one endof it while the other end rests on the dog will act awkwardly in getting hold ofit, and the first few attempts may fail en-tirely in trying to get it into his mouth, inwhich case it will assist him if the object israised a little so that he may grasp it moreeasily. When he will do this, let the objectbe placed upon the ground with the handalongside of it, for, if the hand is taken away,the dog will refuse to touch the object becauseat this period he is guided largely by the the dog will pick the object up fromthe floor, the hand gradually should be drawnaway, each time a little farther, until finallythe dog will pick up the object without payingany attention to the hand. These various steps n ss od wo a H OWO zd. Modern Breaking 129 are not to be attempted in one or two lessons,but -should be taught a little every day. Ingiving a lesson, do not begin where you leftoff the previous lesson, but rehearse him throughall he has been taught previously before at-tempting to go a stage farther. After the dog will pick the cob or other ob-ject from the floor, it should be held above hishead to one side, then the other, and all abouthim. It should be held for him in one place,and as he starts for it be moved quickly tosome other place, and his ear pinched if herefuses to follow it. It should be dropped thenon the floor, but not at a distance from himuntil he will pick it up near by. When he doesthis, the object should be taken in hand, andas he follows to get it should be dropped closeto him and then a little fa


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