Every dog has got a hole
The old wisdom says
How to work round it
Every handler’s test
Won’t back
Circles back
Head trails
Tail trails
Wants to fight
Wants to sniff
Wants to quit
When its hot
Won’t hit the briars
Or stay out of them
Drops after two finds
Or three or four
Won’t go an hour
Won’t come in at the end
Won’t reach off the breakaway
Won’t come back from opening cast
Get away is his game
Won’t hunt into wind
Folds if it’s hot
Won’t go in a rain
Fights if braced with a male
Fights if braced with a bitch
Stalks if braced with a setter
Or a pointer
Bird hunts after a find
Or a second quick
Won’t point a libby
Or a wild bird — or either
Won’t reach if a bye
Won’t come back if a bye
Runs away from a scout
Heels bracemate’s scout
Attacks bracemate’s scout
Or a white horse in the gallery
Or a prancing Passo Fino
Or a racker or a pacer
What’s the hole most dreaded?
Flagging
Fix it?
Good Luck Buddy