. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 142 ic 3xmXtv <wtf ^p®tt$wm%. March 3 THE KEMEL. Cause and Treatment of Gun Shyness. As I have liad quite an experience with gun shy dogs, and have been very successful, I will give your readers the bene- fit of the same. I do not think that the puppy inherits gun shyness, my reasons being, that in a certain litter you will find some that are very timid, while others are not m the least so. The best dogs I have ever seen were very gun shy, or else made timid bv abuse when puppies? My experience has been, that a bitch which is in the least timid, when com- in
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 142 ic 3xmXtv <wtf ^p®tt$wm%. March 3 THE KEMEL. Cause and Treatment of Gun Shyness. As I have liad quite an experience with gun shy dogs, and have been very successful, I will give your readers the bene- fit of the same. I do not think that the puppy inherits gun shyness, my reasons being, that in a certain litter you will find some that are very timid, while others are not m the least so. The best dogs I have ever seen were very gun shy, or else made timid bv abuse when puppies? My experience has been, that a bitch which is in the least timid, when com- ing in season shows her timidity more than at any other time How many dogs are there that have been so abused that "they could not be broken to hunt, and yet have been used for breeding purposes. If we only knew the abuse that some dogs receive when undergoing what is called training; and, more than likely, this very abuse comes just when the bitch most needs kindness, and at a time when it is most likely to influence her progeny, because if the bitch is at all inclined to be shy, that is the time she will display it the most. In my opinion, these are the causes of so much gun shyness, and also my reasons for not believing it to be hered- I have yet to see a gun shy dog that I could not cure after a time, and the exercise of considerable patience. My meth- ods are as follows: The first care is to have a good strong col- lar, attached to which must be a cord of good length, say twenty-five or thirty feet, sufficiently strong, not bungling, to insure the dog in not getting away from me. 1 put the collar on tightly enough so that there need be no fear of its slipping over the dog's head (a good choke collar is a good thing), and make the cord fast to it. I next start for some field where I can get plenty of room and be alone, taking with me a small pistol upon which I can snap caps. When I am ready I assure myself that the cord is securely fastened at my end of the same, as we
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