Best Way To Train Your Gun Dog - The Delmar Smith Method Book by Bill Tarrant
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By Bill Tarrant. 186 pages. Illustrated.
Bill Tarrant says that dog trainer extra-ordinary Delmar Smith, five-time winner of both the National Open and U.S. Open Brittany championships and AMERICAN FIELD Field Trial Hall of Fame Member, is the best friend a dog ever had. What can Smith's methods do for your dog, your hunting, your field-trial aspirations?
"If you want to train like a pro," says Smith, "you've got to think like a dog."
While training horses as a youngster, Smith learned the secrets of what he calls "point of contact, repetition, association." He takes the mystery out of how to apply these lessons to dog training and shows how to get outstanding results the humane way -- without shouting, stomping, or striking the dog.
Even if you live in the suburbs or the city, not ideal places for training a gun dog, you'll be surprised how much of the Delmar Smith method you can use.
No, it's not a perfect method, even though it's the best, so Smith passes along advice on problem situations.
CONTENTS:
FOREWORD: Jack Samson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. DELMAR SMITH: BEST FRIEND A DOG EVER HAD
The Man
The Championships
2. HOW TO PICK A PUP
What's Functional Confirmation?
The High Tail
The Dog Is Legs
A Tight, Sound Foot
The High Toenail
Room for Heart
Head, Ears, Eye Bumpers, and Brains
Desire and Trainability
The Dog in a Man Made World
3. BASIC TRAINING: PUTTING PUP ON POWER STEERING
The Prairie Dog
Using Pups as Assistant Pros
The Chain Gang
Pup as a Constant Companion
No Such Thing as a Whip – Run Dog
Sing a Happy Song
Just a Little Candy
When You Break 'Em
4. TRAINING DUMB, NATURALLY
Point of Contact, Repetition, Association
In the Beginning, the Word
Pup'll Do in a Pinch
The Whoa Post
The Pinch Collar
The Check Cord
The Bowling Knot
Heads–Up Performance
5. BUMP AND RUN
Broken – Field Running
How to Check Cord
The Will Also Rises
6. IT'S FOR THE BIRDS
One in the Bush and None in Hand
The Hobbled Pigeon
The Bird Boy
Up Front
Walking Circles Around Pup on Birds
A Hunting We Will Go
7. A BIRD IN HAND
The Natural Retriever
Reinforced Natural Retrieves
Force Retrieving
A Buck Well Spent
How to Apply the Nerve Hitch
Getting Down to Earth
Beware of Hard Mouth
No Shouting, Shooting, Stomping, Striking
8.PUTTING ON THE DOG
Giving Pup Commands
Pup
Ho
No
Birds
Mount
Stop That Noise
Stool
Pup Hears, but He's also Looking
In Training, You Always Risk Creating a Problem
9. POLISHING PUP'S CHROME
Conditioning Pup
Putting Pup in Harness
How to Road Pup
Grooming Pup Up on Birds
Getting Pup Birdwise
10. THE PROBLEM PUP
Faults
Blinking the Bird, Unproductives, Trailing, Running Trash, Gun-Shy, Man-Shy, Water-Shy, Stop to Flush, The Electric Collar, Hard Mouth, Eating the Bird, Refusing to Retrieve, Fighting, Horse-Shy, Catwalking, Relocating, Bush Pointing, Ranging Too Far, Bolting, Running Livestock, Dropping on Point, Cutting Back, Rolling in Manure, Pointing Nongame, Stealing Point, Bumping Birds, Chasing Cars, Stooling, Hiking Leg over Water Bucket, Dumping Feed Pan, Cribbing, Digging, Barking
Pup'll Try You
11. HOME THE HUNTER
Quarters and Care for Pup
Kenneling
The Dog House
Wood Barrel
Steel Barrel
Food and Water
The Kennel Boy
Medical Care
Health Tips for Pups Afield
Crating and Freighting
Fancy Stuff Not Needed
12. OF BIRDS AND THINGS
The Call – Back Pen
The Pigeon
The Pigeon Trap
How to Use Quail
How to Build a Feeder
13. TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON
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