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 .. . repair. Of course, the breaker will console himselfwith the thought that he was not to blame, andthat the dog deserved a good whipping. Tohim it will appear that the dog should haveknown how to do the simple thing he wasasked to do, and the breaker is certain heknew how, but refused in a malicious spiritof wilfulness. Here is where the breakermakes a serious mistake. The dog did notknow anything about
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 .. . repair. Of course, the breaker will console himselfwith the thought that he was not to blame, andthat the dog deserved a good whipping. Tohim it will appear that the dog should haveknown how to do the simple thing he wasasked to do, and the breaker is certain heknew how, but refused in a malicious spiritof wilfulness. Here is where the breakermakes a serious mistake. The dog did notknow anything about the simple matter thebreaker sought to teach him, and he becamerattled the moment the breaker showed anysigns of irritation. As soon as the animal lostits head the punishment made him worse. While the intelligence of the dog, particularlythe setter and the pointer, is admitted, we arenot to measure the dogs brain by any senti-mental consideration. A dog less than one yearold, it should be borne in mind, has seen verylittle of the world, and no matter how muchintelligence he may have of what his predispo-sition to know things may be, he has not hadthe opportunity to secure much ModernBrealfing 63 The breaker must bear this in mind. He mustnot expect more from a yearHng dog than froma four-year-old child. The fact is, and the breaker should give thisgreat weight, if the matter be intelligently con-sidered, a man of sound judgment must con-clude that a yearling dog is a pretty soft crea-ture in the matter of brains. He may be abundle of nerves and he may have a lot of pro-nounced instincts, but all this is not intelligencenor the abiding place of judgment or muchknowledge. Too much stress cannot be putupon this consideration of the young dogsmental capacity, for an overestimate of thisquality is the primary cause of the ruinationof many a young dog of good natural the breaker will take this at its true valueit will put him in the way of educating him-self as
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