Hunting Dogs


Describes in a Practical Manner
the Training, Handling,
Treatment, Breeds, Etc.,
Best Adapted for Night
Hunting as Well as
Gun Dogs for
Daylight
Sport


BY
OLIVER HARTLEY


Published by
A. R. HARDING PUBLISHING CO.
Columbus, Ohio
Copyright 1909
By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.

CONTENTS.

PART I — HUNTING DOGS.

[I. Night Hunting]

[II. The Night Hunting Dog — His Ancestry]

[III. Training the Hunting Dog]

[IV. Training the Coon Dog]

[V. Training for Skunk, Opossum and Mink]

[VI. Wolf and Coyote Hunting]

[VII. Training for Squirrels and Rabbits]

[VIII. Training the Deer Hound]

[IX. Training — Specific Things to Teach]

[X. Training — Random Suggestions from Many Sources]

PART II — BREEDING AND CARE OF DOGS.

[XI. Selecting the Dog]

[XII. Care and Breeding]

[XIII. Breeding (Continued)]

[XIV. Breeding (Continued)]

[XV. Peculiarities of Dogs and Practical Hints]

[XVI. Ailments of the Dog]

PART III — DOG LORE.

[XVII. Still Trailers vs. Tonguers — Music]

[XVIII. The Dog on the Trap Line]

[XIX. Sledge Dogs of the North]

PART IV — THE HUNTING DOG FAMILY.

[XX. American Fox Hounds]

[XXI. The Beagle, Dachshund and Basset Hounds]

[XXII. Pointers and Setters. Spaniels]

[XXIII. Terriers — Airedales]

[XXIV. Scotch Collies. House and Watch Dogs]

[XXV. A Farmer Hunter — His Views]

[XXVI. Table of Technical Terms]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[The Fruits of Night Hunting]

[The Court Jester of the Nocturnal Tribe]

[A Pure and a Cross-bred Coon Dog]

[Veteran Coon Detectives]

[Descendants from Jamestown Imported Hounds]

[A Lover of Good Dogs]

["The Fox Hound is a Composite Animal"]

[Fox Hounds — Graduates From the Training School]

[Typical Coon Hounds]

[Capable Cross-bred Cooners]

[Good Catch in Which the Shepherd Dog Figured Prominently]

[Opossums are Easily Caught Alive for Training Purposes]

[North Dakota Wolf Hounds]

[Typical Western Wolf Hounds]

[Termination of a Successful Chase]

[Good Dogs Make Good Luck]

[The Fair Sex are More and More Becoming Practical Nimrods]

[The Deer Seeks Refuge in Deep Water]

[Well Trained Hounds]

[Good Friends Get Along Best]

[Co-operation Between the Man and His Dogs Brings Results]

[Some Ideals]

[Embryo Trailers]

[A Versatile Ontario, Canada, Dog Family]

[One-half English Bloodhound Pups]

[Fox Hounds]

[Some Young Hunters]

[He Was Here a Moment Ago]

[Here He Is]

[A Group of Typical Sledge Dogs]

[Sledge Dog — Photo from Life]

[Rough and Ready Sledge Dog]

[Worthy of the Name, Foxhounds]

[Good Specimens]

[Bloodhound]

["As Pretty As a Picture" (Beagles)]

[True Dachshund Specimens]

[A Pure Pointer]

[Royal Sports — Pointers in Action]

[Setter]

[The Fox Terrier — Useful in Many Ways]

[Airedale]

[Collie]

[Shepherd Puppies]

[Outline Figure Diagram]


Oliver Hartley.