Breeder and sportsman . re-sults were especially satisfactory. Few of us could afford to raise up to such aripe age before trying them out, but the oftener Ilook over the matter and the way dogs are bred to-day from classy ancestors, I am strongly inclined towait until the dog is over eighteen months priod togetting them under the restrictions necessary forgood field work. Many of the trainers are inclinedto wait longer. Though this is meant to bear entirelyon training in its true meaning, it must not be con-fused with developing instinct, which may commencesigns of the pointing instinct until
Breeder and sportsman . re-sults were especially satisfactory. Few of us could afford to raise up to such aripe age before trying them out, but the oftener Ilook over the matter and the way dogs are bred to-day from classy ancestors, I am strongly inclined towait until the dog is over eighteen months priod togetting them under the restrictions necessary forgood field work. Many of the trainers are inclinedto wait longer. Though this is meant to bear entirelyon training in its true meaning, it must not be con-fused with developing instinct, which may commencesigns of the pointing instinct until his third year;and it has been my privilege to meet up with manyat an early age, and be kept up until you are pre- that showed absolutely no visible signs, that theyhad any instinct bearing on quail—while quails werearound them, running through coveys as if they didnot exist, their whole intellect bent in search forrabbits or sparrows; and in many cases they nevernoticed these, just hunted on wildly with no apparent. Frank H. Ruhstallers Coast Derby Winner, 1911. interest in field life, except to run. I have seenhundreds of dogs make this kind of display duringtheir first two years, when suddenly the divine spark,that had been dormant, rushed to the surface, andwith it came great field ability. But few can waitthis long, and few have that much confidence in theblood lines of a strain that are slow developers. To the owner of only a few dogs, it must be verytrying to be obliged to await on a youngster like theones described, and with them it can hardly be ex-pected. The man who owns a string has so many toselect from for his shooting, he is able to tarry, anddoes not realize that the slow comer existed until he come necessary in handling dogs whose dispositionsare somewhat out of the ordinary. Should we own only one dog, our minds are socentered on it that we feel almost slighted if the dogcommits an error, and are really more apt to censurethe pupil than if we
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