Retriever Training Tests 3rd Edition by James Spencer
Copyright 2011, 214 pages, softcover, black and white photos and illustrations
Retriever Training Tests will help you and your dog do better in field trials, working certificate tests, and in actual hunting. It focuses on training tests and explains the environment factors that significantly affect them -- wind, terrain, and cover -- featuring diagrams of the tests.
James B. Spencer has trained, hunted, and competed with retrievers, pointing dogs, and spaniels since the mid 1950s. He bred Goldens under his Rumrunner kennel name for many years. He has judged AKC, UKC and NAHRA hunting tests, conducted retriever training seminars across the country, and has been the featured speaker at judges clinics for hunting retriever tests. A prolific author, Jim writes three columns: "Retrieve" for Gun Dog, "The Club House" for Hunting Retriever, and "Retriever Questions & Answers" for Wildfowl, has published several books, and is featured in the Gun Dog video, "Duck Dog: Training Your Retriever with James B. Spencer." He resides in the midwest with his wife, Theresa.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Single Marked Retrieves
Training Tips
Handling Techniques
Hunting Situations
Hunting Testing Handling
Field Trial handling
Training Tests
- Wind Considerations
- Road Hazards
- Sidewinder
- Optical Illusion
- Downhill Marks
- Broken-Field Running
- Basic Water Marks
- Boat People
- Stump Jumping
- Decoy Hazards
- The drunken Sailor
- Angle In
- Angle Out
Chapter 2 Double Marked Retrieves
Training Tips
Handling Techniques
- Hunting Situations
- Hunting Test Handling
- Field Trial Handling
Training Tests
- Throwing Patterns for Double Marks
- Long Memory Bird
- Fifty-Fifty
- The Hip Pocket
- Switcheroo
- Short memory Bird
- The Fountain
- Sadistic Switcheroo
- Detouring Double
- Two Wet Ones
- Mixed Double
- Over/Under Water Double
Chapter 3 Triple Marked Retrieves
Training Tips
Handling Techniques
- Hunting Situations
- Hunting Test Handling
- Field Trail Handling
Training Tests
- Short Middle Bird
- Invisible Number Two Bird
- No Two Alike
- Hide'n Seek
- One by Sea-Two by Land
- In Medio Stat Virtus
Chapter 4 Basic Blind Retrieves
Training Tips
Handling Techniques
- Hunting Techniques
- Hunting Situations
- Hunting Test Handling
- Field Trial Handling
Training Tests
- Road Hazard Blind
- Uphill Blind
- Across the Grain
- Take Over
- Cross-Canyon Blind
- Cross-Channel Blind
- Out-to-Sea Blind
- Missing-the-Point Blind
- Getting-the-Point Blind
- Channel Blind
- Miniature Channel Blind
- No-Picture Blind
Chapter 5 Suction Blind Retrieves
Training Tips
Handling Techniques
- Hunting Situations
- Hunting Test Handling
- Field Trial Handling
Training Tests
- Double Blind
- Dry Gun Blind
- Scented point Blind
- Water Blind with Decoy
- Combination Single Marks and Blinds
- Combination Double Marks and Blinds
- Combination Triple Marks and Blinds
- Reverse Suction
Chapter 6 Getting the Most From Your Retriever
What "the Most" Means
National Breeds Clubs
Local Breed Clubs
Retrievers Field Trial Clubs
Obedience Trial Clubs
Dog Shows
The Future of Retrievers
Hunting Tests
A Parting Wish
Chapter 7 Additional Training Tests
New Tests
- Wipe Out
- Heads Up
- Under the Arch
Addendum
Hunt Test Statistical Updates
An Update on "A Parting Wish"
About the Author
Index
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