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Training the Retriever for Waterfowl and Upland Hunting.

This retriever training book picks up where the popular series by Richard A. Wolters left off. An up-to-date guide for amateur trainers as well as hunters, this retriever training book will take your training to the next level. Included are topics such as six tests for selecting a puppy, basic obedience work for any age dog, e-collar training, refined aspects or retrieval including difficult multipel-blind retrieves, advanced drills for a more advanced hunting retriever, and more.

Written by Joseph Middleton. Hardbound. 179 pages. Illustrated with numerous diagrams and pictures illustrating these proven retriever training techniques.

Contents
Part I: Teaching the Basics Without the Electric Collar
1. Introduction
2. Picking a Puppy
3. Preschool Education
4. School: Teaching the Basics
5. Further Adventures in School
6. The force Retrieve

Part II: Reinforcing the Basics with the Electronic Collar
7. Introcuction to the Electronic Collar
8. Reinforcing the Basics
9. The Blind Retrieve
10. The Swim-by
11. Reinforcing Honoring

PartIII: School's Out; Real-World Drills
12. Confidence Blinds
13. The Cold Blind
14. The Wagon Wheel
15. The Cheating Single
16. Channel Marks and Channel Blinds
17. Re-entry
18. The Tune-up Drill
19. The Lining Drill
20. The Poison Bird
21. The Diversion Bird
22. Training for Upland Game

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