. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. POINTERS AND SETTERS. 231 vering (without regard to standing or pointing) in the lessons on this subject alone, until the puppy is tolerably perfect in them. At the same time, it is true that some little attention may be paid to the " point;" but this of far less consequence at the early stage which we are now considering. Indeed, in most well-bred dogs, it comes nat
. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. POINTERS AND SETTERS. 231 vering (without regard to standing or pointing) in the lessons on this subject alone, until the puppy is tolerably perfect in them. At the same time, it is true that some little attention may be paid to the " point;" but this of far less consequence at the early stage which we are now considering. Indeed, in most well-bred dogs, it comes naturally; but none beat to the hand without an educa- tion in that particular department. But at this stage it will frequently be necessary to correct various faults which are apt to show themselves in young dogs, such as (1) *'hunting too low," leading to "pottering or dwelling on the foot-. Figr. 44.—"puzzle peg, scent;" (2) huntmg too wide from the breaker; and (3) " blinking," or leaving the game as soon as found, which last is a fault depend- ing on undue previous severity. With regard to the first of them, ihere is, unfortunately, no certain remedy for it; and the puppy which shows it to any great extent after a week or ten days' break- ing will seldom be good for much, in spite of all the skill and training which an experienced breaker can apply. The method of cure most commonly adopted is that called hunting with a " puz- zle-peg," which is shown in the annexed cut. It consists of a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Walsh, John Henry], 1810-1888. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company
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