Practical Dog Training Description
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(The books I publish are always proof read and corrected before publishing on Kindle! David Snode) The system of dog training described in this book is a new one. Its fundamental principles were adopted by the writer thirty years ago ; the details of the method, as here given, have been developed and perfected by him during that time. His own success with it has encouraged the belief that its publication would be wel- comed by the thousands of American sportsmen who own and handle field dogs. This belief, it is a pleasure to say, has been confirmed by the marked favor accord- ed to the successive chapters as they appeared in the FOREST AND STREAM, from which journal they are here reprinted. This system is humane and rational. It is also prac- tical and efficient. Dog training differs essentially from dog breaking, both in method and spirit, and also in what may be accepted as the test of all systems, namely: the results attained. The pages of this book contain no theories. They are a plain, simple record of the plan which has been tested by the writer in the field, year after year. He believes that the same plan may be followed by others with equal success. It is, therefore, with the fullest confi- dence in the merits of this system of Dog Training vs. Dog Breaking, that it L submitted to the public. The story of "My Old Dog Trim " is added, because from his day the author dates his conversion to the belief that training is better than breaking. The sketch of "The One-Eyed Grouse of Maple Run" is also given, that the reader may have in it some of the "reasons for the faith that is in us," when we advise the introduction of the youngsters to the haunts of this royal bird. These sketches are also given as illustrative of some of the pleasures enjoyed in the field in the companionship of a well-trained dog. S. T. H,
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