you published a book with such a title today, you would probably be prosecuted by the RSPCA. However, 150 years ago dogs weren’t ‘trained’, they were ‘broken’, which you will be pleased to know was really very much the same thing. I’ve written before in this column about General Hutchinson’s classic work, which was the bestselling book for would-be gundog trainers for over 50 years. First published in 1848, it went through numerous editions and remained in print
