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1. Fido, Fetch
Fido, Fetch!
!
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October 2022
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Did the surly jackal become
man’s best friend?
Fido,
Fido,
Fetch!
Fetch!
How to train your new
hunting companion
Common
Common
Injuries &
Injuries &
Treatments
Treatments
What to do when the
goodest boy feels bad

2. Always Start Training Young
The education of sporting dogs should begin in earliest
puppyhood. Unless they are early taught obedience, it will be
difficult to overcome this neglect by after training. His first
lesson may be given with the aid of a piece of beef placed
before him on a plate. Naturally he will evince an eagerness
to obtain it. Prevent his doing so, by gently tapping him upon
the head, at the same time cry, “toho!” In a few moments
after you must cry, “hie on,” and allow him to seize the meat.
“Steady” is the next lesson, and consists in allowing him
slowly to approach the plate as you keep repeating the word
at short intervals. When near the plate cry, “toho,” and never
allow him to reach the meat until you give the command, “hie
on!” When you wish him to break his point but not to “pitch
in” to the meat, the command, “close on” should be used. Be-
fore he reaches the plate, cry, “toho,” and then, “hie on;” when
he has pointed, by “close on” he must understand that he is
to move cautiously, and this he is taught by the oft repeated
command of “steady.”
All these commands may be taught with patience, and
patience is absolutely necessary. No harshness should be
used, and no new lesson should be attempted until the old
one is fully mastered. You should always feed the dog your-
self.
Classic Hunting Commands & How to Teach
Them
When the preceding lessons are thoroughly acquired,
“charge” may be taught. Gently force him down as you give
the command, extend his fore paws and gently place his
head between them. Each time he moves, tap him lightly and
repeat the command. No more force should be used than
is absolutely requisite. Practice him frequently by crying,
“charge—charge,” with your hand upraised, and forcing him
into the desired position. To make him rise, you should cry,
“hie up,” and gently raise him. Repeat these instructions until
they are fully understood and readily obeyed, doing a little
each day, but doing that thoroughly.
By: W. H. Burroughs
Fido, Fetch!
Fido, Fetch!
How to Train Your New Hunting Companion
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To retrieve is the next lesson to be taught. An old glove or
other soft substance should be used, and after allowing the
pup to play with it, toss it from you and he will rush to get
it. Call him to you after he has got it, and take it from him,
rewarding him with caresses and kind words. Repeat this
plan using the command, “hie fetch,” when you wish him to
go, and “come in,” when you wish him to return.
By using the command, “come in,” on all occasions when
he is a little distance from you—when you call him to feed
him—etc., he will learn to obey it. After he understands the
meaning of the word fetch you may let him accompany you
in a walk, in some quiet place. Whenever he drops the glove
you must gently and encouragingly replace it, crying, ‘fetch!
Fetch!’
The Best Trainers Know Their Dog Well
If you study the disposition of your dog and manage properly,
he will soon perfectly understand you, and gaily and happily
gambol alongside of you, seldom dropping his charge, and
if he should, he will only need the words, ‘hie fetch! fetch!’
to make him bound back with eagerness to regain the lost
glove. You may now take the glove, cast it from you, and tell
him to ‘hie, fetch!’ He will immediately return with the glove.
You may now let him see you drop the glove, walk off thirty
or forty yards, wave your hand in the direction of the glove,
and cry, ‘hie, fetch!’ He will of course regain the glove.
Ready for the Hunt
After practising him at this often, you may drop the glove un-
observed by him. He will soon follow your track for a consid-
erable distance for a lost article, by receiving the command,
‘hie, fetch!’ You may now give the glove to another person to
hide, first permitting the dog to see it in his possession, and
he will be almost certain to find it, if it is at all accessible. In
your first lessons be careful to place the glove where your
dog will be certain to find it—not too far off.”
The Hungarian Short-Haired Pointing Dog, AKA ‘Visla,’ retrieves a pheasant.
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him
with caresses and
with caresses and
kind words.”
kind words.”
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“...he will soon perfectly understand you,
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3. Multiple Breeds of Origin
On account of the almost infinite variety in respect to its coat, its shape, and its
size, it is suspected that the dog is not derived from a single source but comes
from various species that have been improved by man and profoundly modified
in their characteristics by cross-breeding. Among these wild species to which is
given the honor of being regarded as ancestors of the domestic dog, I will mention
the jackal, which abounds in Africa as well as Asia.
The jackal looks a little like the wolf, but is smaller and is harmless to man. Its
coat is red, varied with white under the stomach and black on the back. It has a
pointed muzzle and erect ears. Its timidity causes it to feed on the remnants left
over by animals bolder and stronger than itself. When the gorged lion abandons its
half-devoured prey, the jackals, crouching in the neighborhood and waiting until his
lordship has finished, hasten up in companies to the disdained carcass and clean
it to the bone.
Do
Dog
g Ancestry: The Jackal
Ancestry: The Jackal
Unnatural Selection
There were extraordinary pains taken during long centuries
to improve his breed; but certainly the primitive dog must
have been a pretty rough playmate for little boys. The jackal,
docile only when hungry, shows you what could be expected
from dog’s surly ancestors.
Complete domestication does not take place so quickly as
you think, my dear friend. A long succession of individuals
is necessary, transmitting from one to another the desired
aptitudes, and increasing them by turning to account such
gain as may be noted in the best examples of each new
generation.
With continued care the good qualities acquired, though
weak, will, as we say of the snowball, increase by rolling.
Thus the jackal’s little ones, brought up with man, will from
their birth be half-tamed, as were their parents. As character
is far from being the same in a whole family, some will be
wilder, others more submissive.
However slight the progress from one generation to the next,
it will continually be added to by the intervention of man who
By: Jean-Henri Fabre
Did the Surly Jackal Become Man’s Best Friend?
“The jackal looks a
little like the wolf, but
is smaller and is
harmless to man...There were
extraordinary pains taken during long
centuries to improve his breed."”
“The
astonishing
variety of dogs
can only be
explained by the
multiplex origin
of the animal...”
always selects for breeding purposes the most promising
offspring, until, little by little, in course of time the beast that
was intractable in the beginning at last becomes docile.
This onward march, kept up by accumulating in the animal,
through inheritance, the qualities desired, by always picking
out the individual possessing these qualities in the highest
degree, is called selection, meaning choice or sorting.
Careful Breeding Selection
Continues Today
The method of selection, which to-day still renders the
greatest service to the perfecting of species, has doubtless
played an important part in the domestication of the dog;
but that alone is not what has made the dog such as we
now have him. The astonishing variety of dogs can only
be explained by the multiplex origin of the animal and the
crossing of the various breeds.
Close-up of a
jackal’s face at
dusk.
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4. “Pickin
“Picking
g up and eatin
up and eating
g all kinds of rubbish and
all kinds of rubbish and
filth, stones, coal, when out in the streets...”
filth, stones, coal, when out in the streets...”
Common Do
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Inj
juries
uries
& Treaments
& Treaments
What to do when the goodest boy feels bad
Appetite, Morbid:
Symptoms: Picking up and eating all kinds of rubbish and
filth, stones, coal, when out in the streets, horse dung, etc.
Treatment: Always give worm medicine in these cases.
Dust over anything you know the dog will pick up with some
cayenne pepper. In many cases one is obliged to resort to
a muzzle, and make the dog wear one when out. Very often
when this is persisted in for some weeks, the dog gets out of
the habit.
Arthritis, Inflammation of a Joint:
Symptoms: The joint is swollen and very painful; dog is
very lame, and in some cases unable to put the foot to the
ground.
Treatment: During acute inflammation rest is necessary,
soothing remedies should be applied. This should be
covered entirely over with a piece of oil silk, and a bandage
applied to keep dressing in place. When acute inflammation
has ceased, the joint should be massaged.
Bad Breath:
Symptoms: General result of a diseased condition of teeth,
the accumulation of tartar on the teeth, and as the result,
ulcers form on the gums and cheeks. Bad breath may also
arise from a disordered condition of the stomach, or as a
result of some disease of the lungs, or the membrane lining
nasal passages.
Treatment: Remove the cause. If it arises from the condition
of the teeth, remove the tartar by scaling, and clean mouth
and teeth twice daily.
“When an offendin
“When an offending
g bone... becomes lod
bone... becomes lodg
ged
ed
in the back of the throat the do
in the back of the throat the dog
g... may even
... may even
die from asphyxia.”
die from asphyxia.”
By, Alfred Joseph Swell
*Disclaimer: The information contained in this article should never replace the prfoessional expertise of a
licensed veterinarian. Please seek out a vet if your pet is ill.
“To guard the flock, drive away the wolf, discover game—those are the dog’s great
functions; but an intelligent dog can learn to do a thousand other things. I have just
shown you Sheep leading the blind and Loubet turning the spit. Traits abound in
which the most varied aptitudes are revealed. For example, who has not seen or at
least heard of the errand dog faithfully performing its appointed tasks? It receives
a basket containing a purse and a slip of paper on which are written the articles
desired. It may be it is to fetch tobacco for the master or get the day’s provisions
from the butcher. The order understood, the animal sets out, basket between its
teeth. thbutcher’s door quickly, scratches for it to be opened, puts down the basket,
takes out the purse, presents it, and waits until served. Sometimes the return is
attended with difficulties.
Common Health Issues of Sheepdogs
By: Jean-Henri Fabre
Sheepdogs attend to their flock alongside
their owner.
Choking:
Symptoms: Dogs frequently choke themselves when eating
bones, especially chop or cutlet bones; also occasionally
with a large piece of meat which may become impacted in
the gullet. When an offending bone or other matter becomes
lodged in the back of the throat the dog coughs and retches
violently, and may even die from asphyxia. In a day or two
the distress passes off and the patient seems fairly well and
often ready to eat, but the dog as a rule is able to swallow
liquids as milk, egg and milk, beef teas, etc.
Treatment: When the bone or meat or other matter becomes
lodged in the back of the throat, it is generally easily removed
with the finger. Failing this, forceps must be used; but the
symptoms are often very distressing, and prompt relief is
necessary. Sometimes if the dog can be induced to take
a few pieces of meat it will force it on. If this fails, forceps
must be tried.
A veterinarian performs an examination on a sick dog.
Always consult a professional veterinarian before administering care.
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5. Feed
Feed
Her Like
Her Like
Family.
Family.
Love
Love
Her Like
Her Like
Family.
Family.
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