The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-10
TO TRAIN HUNTING DOGS
lLL-TREATMENT AND THE BAD RE-
Suits WHICH FOLLOW.


onsn Inflicted without Reason Does
Irrepnrnble Harm -shyness Due 10 Fear /
Fear In all It's forms, bird shyness
commonly called Blinking, whip /
shyness, man shyness. gun shyness, or !
a shyness in taking the initiative in
anything is the common result of
harshly represslye and tyrannical
methods. Accordingly as the fear is
associated with a particular object, 50
one kind Of shyness may be
exhibited, but fear may be
associated with several objects II
there is a cause for It from the dogs
point of view; and badly treated dogs
may show all the different forms, with
a general apprehensiveness that some
thing dreadful is likely to happen at
any moment. Sometimes a form OF
shyness may result from the mistake
of a moment, but generally 1t is the re-
suit of systematic harshness.
Whatever the cause, shyness OF any
kind is more or less a serious check
on the dogs training, and If it is OF
the kind known as blinking it may go
far toward rendering him him worth
less.
The trainer who succeeds best must
have a genuine liking for dogs, else he
is predisposed to habitual harshness or
indifference. Those who have no fond
ness for them are rarely much Of
success as slilfull educators, and gen
orally the dog which is so unfortunate
as to be under their schooling has met
his misfortunes of life at its very out
set.
While a dog may misbehave and
therefore need punishment as pre-
| that there are degrees of it, times for
| it, and a manner of applying it which
renders 1t most effective One trainer
may whip a dog severely without
thereby losing his confidence or abat-
| ing his ardOr, another one may give
a less punishment and still evoke shy
ness. The one had the dogs conf
dence and affection; the other had but
small part Of them.
A dog overturned is of much less
value as a worker than one that is
but partially trained but whose nat
ural capabilities are unimpaired. In
this connection it may be usefully re-
marked that practically the properly
trained dog works without orders at
all. Man and dog seek with concert
ed action or supplement each others
efforts, working together for mutual
success as a team The dog, allowed
to work in his own manner, but re-
stricted more and more to apply his
work in the service Of the gun as his
training progresses, in time learns
that great success results from the
Joint efforts of his master and himself;
and he then performs his part with
intelligence and a practical manipu'
lation of means to ends, far beyond
any knowledge which could be con
veyed to him by his teacher.
A knowledge Of the evils OF over
training is essential in the develop
ment and training Of field dogs, bu
it is still more essential in respect II
field trial dogs. However satisfactor,
to his owner an overturned dog ma,
be in field work, he will not be con
sidered as even making a good show
ing when in competition with properl,
trained dogs, which are performing
under the critical eye Of the judge
Training a dog to loud orders is
bad. course method of teaching obedi
ence. 1t is indicative of bad tempe
in the trainer, accomplishes nothin
which could not be accomplished in
: uuieter way, is distinctively Oifensiv
: to every one within hearing of tn
hullabaloo, and gives alarming nj
t lice to all the birds in the neighbO1
e hood that a dangerous, bloodthirst
. man has invaded thcr habitat.
, thus impairs success.
: Oftentimes the amateur trainer take
his gun and goes forth to kill bird
I taking a green puppy along and nal
l ing the education of the latter mel
incident of his sport Such is not
all training in a proper sense. 1t
: commencing at a point which shouI
be at a much later stage in the dog
. education.
!, After the training has once been b
gun, regularity in the lessons is
prime Importance. For instance,
will be conceded at once that it
Il much better to give d.
{ half-bour lesson on eac
of ten days than it is to gi
u him a lesson of five hours durati,
. on one day. While dog has We
= good powers of memory, he soon &c
gets his first lessons If it is not !
u freshed by daily repetition in respe
u To than The trainer NAV have