Gun Dog Training Books

Game Dog Book

Training the Hunting Retriever for Waterfowl and Upland game.

This retriever training book details how to train a hunting retriever for waterfowl and upland game hunting. The book describes how to choose a pup, the five critical periods of a dog's mental development, how to get two dogs to work together, how to teach your dog to track, quarter, and swim after game, how to handle and run blind retrieves and many other useful training techniques for the upland game and waterfowl hunting retriever.

Written by Richard A. Wolters. Hardbound. 207 pages. Illustrated with numerous diagrams and pictures depicting these proven retriever training techniques.

Contents
Foreword by Dave Meisner
1. Setting the Stage
2. From Little Acorns Grow...
3. Choosing a Pup
4. Getting the Training Started
5. Making 'Em into Workers
5. Vocational School Begins
7. Handling...Seperates the Men from the Boys
8. Testing the Hunting Retriever


Epilogue by Gene Hill
Appendix I: Rules for Competition of the North American Hunting Retriever Association
Appendix II: A Dog's Mental Development: The Five Critical Periods
Index

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