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This 157-page book handles popular topics including poitning, backing, retrieving, here, whoa, gun introduction, bird introduction, picking a pup and much more. "You can't make a dog fit the training 'system'. You have to make the system fit the dog," says Mark Payton, Sr. in the first paragraph of this book.
Contents:
Puppies
Equipment
Checkcord
Ecollar
Bird Launcher / Releaser
Backing Dummy
Birds
Pigeons
Trapping / Netting PIgeons
Pen-Raised Gamebirds
Introducing Your Dog to Birds
Here
Positive Reinforcement Method
Positive Reinforcement with Treats
Checkcord Method
Ecollar Method
Intro to the Gun
Chase Method
Mealtime Method
Whoa
Low-Stress Introductory Method
Whoa and Heel (Pinch Collar Method)
Whoa and Heel (Ecollar Method)
Ecollar on the Flank
Whoa Post Method
Deer-Breaking
Miscellaneous Commands
NO!
Kennel
Hunt Close
Quartering
Thoughs on Range
Pointing-Hunt Break Method
Pointing-Launcher Method
Adjusting Your Launcher's Springs
Train Your Pigeons to Flush
Introducing Your Dog to the Launcher
Launcher Loading and Planting
CHeckcord for control
Getting in Front to Flush
Exaggerate Your Flushing
Draggin the Checkcord
Overly Cautious Dogs
Concluding Remarks
Pointing-Checkcord-Flip Method
Pointing-Ecollar Method
Gettin in Front to Flush
Ecollar Introduction Around Birds
Stop to Flush
Pointing Birds Again
Steady to Wing
Optional Yard Training Exercises
Steady to Wing and Shot
Steady to Wing, Shot and Fall
Proofing Your Dog
Backing
Launcher Method
Backing a Real Dog
Ecollar Method
Retrieving
Natural Retrieving
Positive Reinforcement Method
Competing Dog Method
Enforcing "Here" Method
Releasing the Object
Force-Fetch
Hunt Dead
Final Thoughts
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