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Dog Breaking The Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy Method, Whether Great Excellence or Only Mediocrity Be Required, With Odds and Ends for Those Who Love the Dog and Gun

1. Dog-breaking an Art easily acquired.--2. Most expeditious Mode of imparting every Degree of Education. Time bestowed determines Grade of Education. In note, Col. Hawker's opinion.--3. Sportsmen recommended to break in their own Dogs.--4. Men of property too easily satisfied...

Chapters

26. CHAPTER XVIII.

556. Reflect on what is said.--557. Not to rest content with bad dogs.--558. Beckford's opinion of the education that could be given to Dog.--559. Education of the Buck-hound.--...

11. CHAPTER III.

34, 35. Initiatory Lessons in "Dead" and "Seek," continued.--36. In Signals to hunt to the "right"--"left"--"forward."--37. In the "Beckon." Woodcock Shooting in America.--38. I...

22. CHAPTER XIV.

393. A Halt sounded; present Position considered; Refinements or extra Accomplishments easily taught.--394. Excellent Snipe-shot who never used Dog.--395. Dog employed by anothe...

23. CHAPTER XV.

444. Dogs for Hunting Bears in India.--445. Polygar Dogs for Hunting Wild Hog in India.--446. Beaters in India; the greater utility of Dogs.--447. Mongrel Pointer in India which...

13. CHAPTER V.

131. Lessons in Country Walks.--132. "Instruction in quartering;" hunted where least likely to find Game; taught while young. In note, Bitch shot over when seven months old.--13...

12. CHAPTER IV.

96. Lessons in "fetching" recommended.--97. Dog not taught to retrieve bringing dead Bird he had found.--98. Taught to deliver into your hand; never pick up a Bird yourself; Dog...

19. CHAPTER XI.

299. Bar cure for too high spirits. A leg strapped up. Why these remedies are better than starvation and excessive work.--300. The regular Spike-Collar described. French Spike-C...

16. CHAPTER VIII.

222. Your dog not to "break fence;" how taught; birds often sprung while you are scrambling over hedge.--223. Turning one's back upon a dog to bring him away; stooping down, &c....

21. CHAPTER XIII.

361. The "back" being taught--young Dog again hunted alone.--362. Breakers hunt too many together. Why injudicious.--363. One hour's Instruction alone, better than a day's in co...

20. CHAPTER XII.

331. Shooting Hares not recommended; shooting Rabbits strongly condemned. In Note, why superior Grouse-Dog better than superior Partridge-Dog. Dog brought from strange country a...

24. CHAPTER XVI.

501. A DISTINGUISHING WHISTLE FOR EACH DOG; disadvantage of employing but one Whistle for several Dogs; supposed Case.--502. Another Case.--503. Third Case.--504. Reader will ad...

17. CHAPTER IX.

259. Affection makes Dog anxious to please--when he rushes in to be dragged back.--260. Rule pressed.--261. Reason for Rule--Experience anticipated.--262. To "stand" far off--Po...

15. CHAPTER VII.

190. Dog to be hunted alone.--191. Many Breakers exactly reverse this; it expedites an inferior education, but retards a superior.--192. Turnips, Potatoes, &c., avoided. Range o...

14. CHAPTER VI.

170. Regular Breakers make Dogs "point" paired birds in Spring; tends to blinking.--171. Better not to see Game until shot over; taken out alone on a fine day in September.--172...

25. CHAPTER XVII.

536. SETTER TO RETRIEVE; obtain thereby in one dog the services of two; necessity of having some Dog that retrieves.--537. Predilection for Setters confessed; Reason given; in N...

18. CHAPTER X.

279. Some Dogs will not point readily--Breeding in and in, error of.--280. Instance of two young, _untaught_, highly-bred Pointers, behaving well first day shown Game--Dogs more...

10. CHAPTER II.

14. One Instructor better than two.--15. Age at which Education commences.--In-door breaking for hours, better than Out-door for weeks.--16. To obey all necessary Words of Comma...

9. CHAPTER I.

1. Dog-breaking an Art easily acquired.--2. Most expeditious Mode of imparting every Degree of Education. Time bestowed determines Grade of Education. In note, Col. Hawker's opi...

8. CHAPTER XVIII.

6. CHAPTER XVI.

2. CHAPTER VIII.

7. CHAPTER XVII.

5. CHAPTER XIV.

3. CHAPTER IX.

1. CHAPTER VII.

4. CHAPTER XI.