Dog Breaking for the Gun: The Most Expeditious, Certain and Easy Method, with Copious Notes on Shooting Sports

Lieut -Gen W. N. Hutchinson

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Originally published in 1848, this book was so well received by sportsmen and dog owners alike, that several more editions were published in ensuing years. All of these early editions are now very scarce and increasingly hard to find. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS has now republished the fifth, revised and enlarged edition of 1869, using the original text and engravings, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOK series. The author was a well respected dog breeder and trainer with a lifetime's experience of working dogs in the field. His book is still considered by many to be the finest work on gundog training ever written. The book's substantial three hundred and seventy two pages contain twenty three comprehensive, illustrated chapters: - Preliminary Observations. Qualifications, in Breaker and Dog. - Initiatory Lessons Indoors. Shooting Ponies. - Initiatory Lessons with Spaniels. - Retrievers. - Lessons Out of Doors. - First Lesson in September. Ranging. - Caution. Nature's Mysterious Influences. - Cunning of Age. Range of from Two to Six Dogs. - Pointing. - Vermin. -Bar, Leg Strap and Spike Collar. - Shooting Hares. - Hints to Purchasers. - Sheep Killing. - Anecdotes on Dogs on Service at Home. - Service Abroad. - Russian Setters. - Whistles, "Backing", Ranging, Runners. - Retrieving with Setters. - Bloodhounds. - Health. - Shooting. - Loading. - Trapping. - Vermin Control. - Pheasant Rearing. - Poachers. - Keepers. - Night Dogs etc. The book also contains many steel and wood engravings of dogs and sporting scenes. This is essential reading for anyone requiring information on dog training, whether it be for the field or home. "Be to his virtues ever kind Be to his faults a little blind." Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Sujets

• Sport
• Autres sports
• Tir
• Obedience training

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 04 janvier 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781447487203
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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VARIOUS RETRIEVERS.

CROSS BETWEEN WATER SPANIEL AND NEWFOUNDLAND DOG-BETWEEN WATER SPANIEL AND SETTER DOG-BETWEEN SETTER AND NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.
DOG BREAKING:
THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS, CERTAIN, AND EASY METHOD,
WHETHER GREAT EXCELLENCE OR ONLY MEDIOCRITY BE REQUIRED,
WITH ODDS AND ENDS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE
THE DOG AND GUN.
BY LIEUT.-GEN. W. N. HUTCHINSON,
LATE COLONEL GRENADIER GUARDS.

NEAR WALTHAM ABBEY.- Sept . 1, 1847.
FIFTH EDITION .
PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION.

A FOURTH preface, Mr. Murray!!!
There are not sufficient materials, although there is some fresh matter, and undeniably, many excellent sketches, thanks to the clever artist F. W. K EYL , and the talented amateur John M--n, who, contrary to the advice of many friends, has determined that the sword shall be his profession rather than the pencil.
Well:-another party shall speak for me, and much surprised will he be to find the duty his words are performing; but they advocate so good a cause that I feel sure of his forgiveness. He writes in the third person, for we are perfect strangers to each other.
Captain T--r has all his life been a most enthusiastic sportsman, but never broke a dog, until a year ago, when he happened to come across the Major-General s work on Dog-breaking. Since then he has trained two entirely on the system laid down in the book. People say they have never before seen dogs so well-broken-certainly the owner never has.
Always an ardent disciple of St. Hubert, Captain T--r is now still more so from the increased gratification he derives from the performance of animals trained entirely by himself.
Reader, why not give yourself a similar gratification?
W. N. H.
G OVERNMENT H OUSE , D EVONPORT ,
December , 1864.
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

I CANNOT help congratulating my canine friends, (and may I not their masters also?), on the circulation of two large impressions of this work; for I trust that many of the suggestions therein offered have been adopted, and that their education has consequently been effected in a much shorter period, and with far less punishment, than that of their forefathers.
I have endeavoured in the present edition to render more complete the lessons respecting Setters and Pointers. I have added somewhat on the subject of Spaniels, Retrievers, and Bloodhounds. It has been my aim, also, to give a few useful hints regarding the rearing and preservation of Game; and I shall be disappointed if the youngest of my readers does not derive, from the perusal of what I have written, an assurance that he need not take the field wholly ignorant of all sporting matters, or without any knowledge of the best method of handling arms.
W. N. H.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

W HEN Colonel Hawker, who has been styled the Emperor of Sportsmen, writes to me, (and kindly permits me to quote his words), I perfectly agree with you in everything you have said, and I think your work should be preached in a series of lectures to every dog-breaker in the profession, as all these fellows are too fond of the whip, which hardens the animal they are instructing, and the use of their own tongues, which frighten away the birds you want to shoot, I feel some confidence in the correctness of what I have put forth. But there may be points that have not been noticed, and some things that require explanation, especially as regards Spaniels and Retrievers. In endeavouring to supply these deficiencies, I hope my additional prosing may not send the dog-breaker to sleep, instead of helping to make him more wide-awake.
W. N. H.
PREFACE NO PREFACE.
( FOR FIRST EDITION .)

M Y respected Publisher has suggested that a Preface may be expected. His opinion on such a subject ought to be law; but as I fear my readers may think that I have already sufficiently bored them, I will beg them, in Irish fashion, to refer any formalist, who considers a Preface necessary, to the conclusion of the work, where a statement will be found of the motive which induced me to write.
W. N. H.
CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I .
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAKER,-IN DOG
CHAPTER II .
INITIATORY LESSONS WITHIN DOORS. SHOOTING PONIES
CHAPTER III .
INITIATORY LESSONS CONTINUED. SPANIELS
CHAPTER IV .
LESSONS IN FETCHING. -RETRIEVERS
CHAPTER V .
INITIATORY LESSONS OUT OF DOORS.-TRICKS
CHAPTER VI .
FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER COMMENCED. RANGING
CHAPTER VII .
FIRST LESSONS IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CAUTION.-NATURE S MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES
CHAPTER VIII .
FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. CUNNING OF AGE.-RANGE OF FROM TWO TO SIX DOGS
CHAPTER IX .
FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. POINT NOT RELINQUISHED FOR DOWN CHARGE
CHAPTER X .
FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONTINUED. ASSISTANT.-VERMIN
CHAPTER XI .
FIRST LESSON IN SEPTEMBER CONCLUDED. BAR.-LEG STRAP.-SPIKE-COLLAR
CHAPTER XII .
SHOOTING HARES. COURAGE IMPARTED.- BACKING TAUGHT
CHAPTER XIII .
HINTS TO PURCHASERS. PRICE OF DOGS.-SHEEP KILLING
CHAPTER XIV .
A REST BEYOND HALF-WAY HOUSE. ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE AT HOME
CHAPTER XV .
ANECDOTES OF DOGS ON SERVICE ABROAD. RUSSIAN SETTERS
CHAPTER XVI .
DISTINGUISHING WHISTLES. BACKING THE GUN. RETREAT FROM AND RESUMPTION OF POINT. RANGE UNACCOMPANIED BY GUN. HEADING RUNNING BIRDS
CHAPTER XVII .
SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO BEAT. WOUNDED WILD-FOWL RETRIEVED BEFORE THE KILLED
CHAPTER XVIII .
BECKFORD. ST. JOHN. CONDITION. INOCULATION. VACCINATION. CONCLUSION

POSTSCRIPT: MR. L-- G S LETTER
APPENDIX:
COVERS, SHOOTING, LOADING
TRAPPING.-OWL AS DECOY.-HEN HARRIER.-KEEPER S VERMIN-DOGS.-STOATS
REARING PHEASANTS.-CANTELO.-PHEASANTRIES.-MR. KNOX
SETTERS.-POACHERS.-KEEPERS.-NETTING PARTRIDGES.-BLOODHOUNDS.-NIGHT-DOGS
INDEX, in which the figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs, and not to the pages
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

V ARIOUS R ETRIEVERS
S CENE NEAR W ALTHAM A BBEY , 1 st Sept . 1847
O LD-FASHIONED E NGLISH S ETTER ,-R ETRIEVERS, ONE A CROSS WITH B LOODHOUND . (Lesson VIII. Par. 141)
T HE C HECK - H OLD H ARD !
A F OUR-LEGGED W HIPPER-IN
C LUMBERS . (Lesson III. Par. 141)
W ILD S PANIELS . (Lesson XII. Par. 141)
I RISH W ATER S PANIEL . (Lesson I. Par. 141)
I NCLINED TO R AT
B ROACHING A B ARREL
D EAF TO THE V OICE OF P ERSUASION
A S OLICITOR
R EPLETE WITH G OOD T HINGS
B ACKING THE G UN AGAINST THE B IRD
S AFELY M OORED , S TEM AND S TERN
S TIFF BY THE TAINTED G ALE WITH OPEN N OSE O UTSTRETCHED AND FINELY SENSIBLE
A D OG-FISH
S MALL, ACTIVE P OINTER . (Lesson IX. Par. 141)
S HORT-LEGGED S TRONG-LOINED S USSEX S PANIEL . (Lesson XV. Par. 141)
D UKE OF G ORDON S B LACK AND T AN S ETTERS . (Lesson XIV. Par. 141)
L ARGE HEAVY P OINTER . (Lesson X. Pars. 141 and 266)
C ARRYING A P OINT, AND C ARRYING A P OINTER
T HE F IRST C OURSE
F ASHIONABLE (E NGLISH ) S ETTER, AND O LD-FASHIONED P OINTER . (Lesson XIII. Par. 141)
I RISH R ED S ETTER . (Lesson II. Par. 141)
S CENE FROM C RIPPLE-GAIT . - G AME TO THE LAST
D OMINI AND D OMINOS
T HE M IGHTY K ING
C OOL AS A C UCUMBER
A R EGULAR B ORE
T HERE ARE B OUNDS TO S PORT
W ARM G REETING OF A G REAT B ORE
I NVITATION TO A W HITE-BAIT D INNER
B RINGING H OME THE B RUSH
S CENE ON THE T HLEW- E-CHOH-DEZETH
R USSIAN S ETTER . (Lesson XI. Pars. 141 and 266)
T ELL ME MY H EART (H ART ) IF THIS BE L OVE
D IVISION OF P ROPERTY
E XAMPLE B ETTER THAN P RECEPT
P ORTRAIT OF B RISK
F OUL F EEDING
A WELL-TRAINED B LOODHOUND
* * * The Frontispiece, Vignette Title, and the Lessons, are designed and drawn on Wood by F. W. K EYL . See 4 th Preface .
DOG-BREAKING.

CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. QUALIFICATIONS, IN BREAKER,-IN DOG.
1. Dog-breaking an Art easily acquired.-2. Most expeditious Mode of imparting every Degree of Education. Time bestowed determines Grade of Education. In note, Col. Hawker s opinion.-3. Sportsmen recommended to break in their own Dogs.-4. Men of property too easily satisfied with badly-broken Dogs. Keepers have no Excuse for Dogs being badly broken.-5. Great Experience in Dog-breaking, or Excellence in Shooting, not necessary. Dispositions of Dogs vary.-6. What is required in an Instructor.-7. Early in a Season any Dog will answer, a good one necessary afterwards. Hallooing, rating Dogs, and loud whistling spoil Sport. In note, Age and choice of birds. Several shots fired from Stooks at Grouse without alarming them. American Partridges and our Pheasants killed while at roost.-8. What a well-broken Dog ought to do.-9. Severity reprobated.-10. Astley s Method of teaching his Horses.-11. Fran-coni s Cirque National de Paris .-12. Initiatory Lessons recommended-to be given when alone with Dog-given fasting.-13. Success promised if rules be followed. Advantages of an expeditious Education. September shooting not sacrificed.
1. D OG-BREAKING , so far from being a mystery, is an art easily acquired when it is commenced and continued on rational principles.
2. I think you will be convinced of this if you will have the patience to follow me, whilst I endeavour to explain what, I am satisfied, is the most certain and rapid method of breaking in your dogs, whether you require great proficiency in them, or are contented with an inferior education. No quicker system has yet been devised, however humble the education may be. The education in fact, of the peasant, and that of the future double-first collegian, begins and proceeds on the same principle. You know your own circumstances, and you must yourself determine what time you choose to devote to tuition; and, as a consequence, the degree of excellence to which you aspire. I can only assure you of my firm conviction, that no other means will enable you to gain your object so quickly; and I speak with a confidence derived from long experience in many parts of the world, on a subject that was, for several years, my great hobby. *
3. Every writer is presumed to take so