St. Landry democrat., 1890-11-29
How To Train Dogs.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
WAY TO TEACH A GAME DOG TO FIGHT.
A well-known dog and chicken farcier
was exercising twenty eight pound bull
terrier dog the other day when q Sun re-
porter happened along. The fAncier when
questioned as to the mode of training gen.
orally adopted in conditioning dogs for
fight, said:
The sine generally occupied in fitting
a dog for contest is sixty days. The OBJ
jects to be OBJ. aimed are to remove all sup
erflous flesh. get him into perfectly
healthy condition, and develop his mus
Giles and his wind so that he can fight
long time without stopping to rest. His
muscles are hardened, his wind made
strorg, and extra flesh removed by hard
work, which should be as systematic as
nan training for fight.
"lhe apparatus used for training con-
sists OF a wooden disk balanced on center
pin SO that it will turn. The dog is put
on top Of this disk. The trainer sits facing
the dog, starts the disk SO that it will tend
to take the dog away from him, and the
dog has to run while tbs disk turns so as
to maintain his position near the trainer
Again, there Is the oldfashioned tread
power which dog is put into and made to
work But there are dogs that will neither
run on the disk nor work in the tread
power, and these are sometimes chained to
q buggy and taken out on the road. The
distance is generally increased, and by the
middle of ths trainiI 6 season the dog
should be able to run twenty minutes
without hanging out his tongue. Then
the exercise is gradually decreased until
it has reached the minimum again, Just
before the fight. After each run the dog
has his breakfast, then bathed and blank
eted, his feet oiled and he is put in clean
bed Most trainers OBJECT to rum ng
dog behind a wagon to work off flesh.
They claim that walking and rubbing are
better methods, because the running be-
hind q wagon fills dog with dust. After
an hour or two of sleep during the fore
noon the trainer gets him up and walks
him around until dinner time. After din
ner Re is allowed another short sleep and
then exercised. Some trainers fight the
dog with boxing gloves to strengthen his
Jaws and muscles of the neck.
'"To do this the trainer gets a pair of
six -ounce gloves, puts them on, and stands
up before the dog. After a little training
the dog will jump at the gloves and the
trainer will attempt to keep him Oft by
blows. Another method is TO swing the
dog by his grip on straw bag OF st flied
cushion By this means dog is SO trained
that in a fl ht when he gets hold of an an
tagonist he can keep it.
when a dog is in perfect trim he should
be able to run thirty miles without show
ing that he is tired, and should be able to
go into ring and fight from one hour to
one hour and quarter before he loses his
wind. Every thing is done with clock
work regularity, and tue work the dog is
required to do must take off the extra flesh
without reducing the daily allowance OF
food. He must be bathed and rubbed
every day, have clean bed and plenty OF
fresh air. Dogs that are generally but
into the pit would be better tg hters if they
had not been subjected 50 much to the
fumes of tho saloon"