“You can’t begin too early to teach the water spaniel obedience, when he can but lap, for that is the principal thing to be learned; for so soon as he can lap, teach him to crouch and lie close, not daring to stir from that posture without your commands, and the better to effect this, always cherish him when he does your will, and correct him when he disobeys; and be sure to observe, that in the first teaching him, you never let him eat any thing, but when he does something to deserve it, that he may thereby know, that food is a thing that cometh not by chance, or by a liberal hand, but only for a reward for well-doing; and this will make him not only willing to learn, but apt to remember what he is taught without blows.” - Tom Fairfax, 1689, from Hey Pup, Fetch It Up! by Bill Tarrant, posted by Dana Renee Fedman
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:09:19 +0000
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