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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