| Show when setting your decoys remember that geese never turn their backs to the wind when en an the ground sports afield dont set your decoys in a V position I 1 tion unless you are shooting an fn g canvasbacks canvas backs or other diving backs sports afield by red one of the qualities required ofa of a finished bird dog is back ing or honoring another dogs point the average well bred dog will back instinctively especially ally if he has been raised with ith his litter brothers and sisters and watched them point butterflies and grasshoppers or songbirds song birds but some dogs develop a jealous streak and refuse to back they often go in and s steal teal the other dogs point I 1 have seen pointing dogs resent this so much mu that a fight ensued in teaching teaching your dog to back promptly an and d dog expert x henry P davis thinks thile n it fert Is best to work him with a thoroughly finished bra cemate in which your dog has confidence never work him with a false pointing do dog or a po cr or your dog will lose lose confidence and and go in to do some investigating in at get the bra cemate on point call the young dog in and work him up to such a position that he won wont t c catch the scent of the game but will see the pointing dog As soon as he does caution him sharply by name the surprise of seeing the 66 other dog on point and hearing bearing his name will very likely cause him to check his stride and stop stiffen ing up tip into a point stroke your dog along the back talking to him in low tones of approval have an assistant go in and flush the birds while you kou slay stay b by the young oung dog once ae he has vo voluntarily y backed and watched the birds flushed to the other dogs point he will soon acquire the habit of backing without much effort on your barf part however wever if he should refuse to back and goes in front of the pointing dog to catch the scent and point the birds himself dont do anything right then just flush the birds and resume hunting but then the next time the bra cemate points fasten a check cord to your do dogs 9 color and work him toward gh the e birds in the direction that will provide unfavorable scenting conditions for him As soon as he sees the pointing dog check him with the cord and tic him to a bush or sapling let him watch the other dog do not lead him h I 1 in up so close he can smell the birds himself for he must learn to back on sight at a distance after a few ew such sessions try getting him to tense up tip into a point himself caution him in a low w tone to n checking hocking c and stroking i ng h him I 1 i gently on 1 ly while he is watching to alg the te h other r d dog and soon be should be backing back properly |
