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 .. . overcome. It is not necessary that thebreaker confine himself to one of these meth-ods. He can combine all three, if necessary. The one principle for the breaker to bearin mind in breaking a dog of gunshyness isto refrain from petting or attempting to encour-age the dog or to soothe his feelings. These thedog must learn to control by his own observa-tions and reasoning. Every time the breakerattempts t
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 .. . overcome. It is not necessary that thebreaker confine himself to one of these meth-ods. He can combine all three, if necessary. The one principle for the breaker to bearin mind in breaking a dog of gunshyness isto refrain from petting or attempting to encour-age the dog or to soothe his feelings. These thedog must learn to control by his own observa-tions and reasoning. Every time the breakerattempts to encourage the dog, he really dis-courages him, for he gives the dog the im-pression that there actually is something ofwhich to be afraid. Whereas, if the breakeracts as if there is nothing of which to beafraid and pays no attention to the actions of 142 Modern Breaking the dog, it is only a question of time until thedog observes the composure of the breaker andrealizes there is nothing to fear. If the practice of accustoming puppies toloud noises, such as the banging of two pansor the discharge of a small pistol, be followedup from the time they are weaned, gunshynesswill be CHAPTER XVI. Bad Breaking—Faults and Vices.—The trailing dog;barking at liorses ; rabbit chasing; egg sucliiing; sheepchasing; howling; muddy paws. MOST of the faults and vices that a dogwill display in the course of his careercan be avoided by care in breaking and aknowledge of how to control certain undesirablepropensities. THE TRAILING DOG. A practice that most amateurs and someprofessionals are apt to fall into, and one thatis prolific of undesirable results, is the work-ing of a young dog with an older and expe-rienced companion. The most natural of pre-sumptions is that the young dog will learn torange and hunt from his running-mate. Tobe sure a young dog will range away from hishandler better and farther if paced by anotherdog, but in doing so he is neither hunting ordeveloping the c
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