Summary: An excellent book to add to your training library. Straight forward, easy to understand and results oriented. Dokken's new bumpers are excellent tools to go along with the Dokken birds!
Customer Reviews
Tom Dokken's retriever training book - the complete guide to developing your hunting dog---- 07-23- Reviewed: August 4, 2011
By: Kaley Hill from LA
Lab. Hunting dog.
Very user friendly and fun to read.
I really like the way the book is broken down between different ages of your puppy.
5 1501
Tom Dokken\'s Retriever Training Book Reviewed: August 4, 2011
By: D. Perry
12 dogs: Golden Retriever. Pet. Hunting dog.
Excellent resource, clear, concise and extremely helpful.
5 1502
Dokken Book Reviewed: August 5, 2011
By: Tim D. Ripperger
2 dogs: English Cocker Spaniel English Springer Spaniel. Pet. Hunting dog. Competition dog.
An excellent book to add to your training library. Straight forward, easy to understand and results oriented. Dokken's new bumpers are excellent tools to go along with the Dokken birds!
5 1586
Tom Dokken's retriever training book - the complete guide to developing your hunting dog---- 06-16- Reviewed: August 5, 2011
By: Robert Maguire from MEWorking very well for me.
5 1619
Tom Dokken's retriever training book - the complete guide to developing your hunting dog--05-06-11 Reviewed: August 5, 2011
By: Paul Strnad from WI
2 dogs: Labrador/Chocolate. Hunting dog.
The early chapters are extremely helpful, being able to know what I should be expecting from my pup, and what we should be covering.
I'm a fan of Tom's and Chris Akin, also. Tom's book, and Chris' DVD, are a GREAT combo to train any dog!
5 1628
Tom Dokkens retriever training Reviewed: August 6, 2011
By: Robert
112 dogs: Lab. Pet. Hunting dog.
Very good guide to training,Tom gets every dog is different and tells the best way train your hunting partner
5 1718
Tom Dokken's retriever training book-the complete guide to developing your hunting dog Reviewed: August 10, 2011
By: Carl Emley from Indiana
Lab. Pet. Hunting dog.
I have done what Tom has said to do in the book and everything has worked great.
5 1774
Tom Dokken's retriever training book - the complete guide to developing your hunting dog---- 09-16- Reviewed: August 4, 2011
By: Kevin from TX
German Shorthaired Pointer. Pet. Hunting dog.
What I liked about this book is that it didnt just cover when you got the dog, but rather started at the process of when you're thinking of getting a dog. The book goes into things such as what to look for in picking a pup, puppy-proofing your home, etc. etc. The instructions and illustrations through out the book also helped when going through the training routines. I also like the doggy first aid in the later chapters.
4 1490
Tom Dokken's retriever training book - the complete guide to developing your hunting dog---- 07-07- Reviewed: August 5, 2011
By: Kyle Anderson from MN
Labradore. Hunting dog.
Every topic covered was well described with detailed pictures. The amount of topics covered was a little thin.
Tom Dokken's Retriever Training Book - The Complete Guide to Developing Your Hunting Dog
Helps you channel your hunting dog's huge ambition so he works for you.
Copyright 2009, 226 pages, soft cover, color photos
In Tom Dokken's Retriever Training, one of America's leading trainers helps you channel your hunting dog's huge ambition so he works for you, the way you want, and does so happily. After using the time-tested methods in Tom Dokken's Retriever Training, you'll have a reliable retriever that:
Obeys commands on and off leash
Retrieves birds to hand
Remains steady to shot
Quarters and flushes upland game
Finds downed birds
Takes hand signals
About the Author:
Tom Dokken has more than 30 years of experience turning retrievers into successful field trial competitors, hunt test participants, waterfowling companions, and upland bird finders. Tom is the creator of the popular Dokken Deadfowl Trainer, and Dokken's Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, MN, is one of the largest all-breed hunting dog training facilities in the United States.
Tom Dokken has many talents, the greatest of which is his ability to take your happy, untrained dog and, weeks later, return to you a trained companion that's still happy.
--Ron Schara
Host of Pheasants Forever and Minnesota Bound Television
Anyone who has attended one of Tom's seminars knows he is a hands-on trainer, beginning with handling your puppy on the very first day. This book provides a well-illustrated, step-by-step program to develop your pup into a willing and happy retriever.
--Rick Van Etten
Editor, Gun Dog Magazine
255 pages, full-color illustrations and photos
Contents:
A Primer on Puppies
Socializing Your Puppy Preschool, 7-12 Weeks
Early Puppy Training Elementary School, 1st Semester, 12-20 Weeks
Exercises to Build on Elementary School, 2nd Semester, 12-20 Weeks
Introduction to Birds and Guns Middle School, 5-6 Months
Formalizing Obedience Junior High School, 1st Semester, 6-7 Months
Upland Hunting Skills Junior High School, 2nd Semester, 6-7 Months
Welcome to Waterfowling Junior High School, 2nd Semester, 6-7 Months
Force-Fetching High School, 1st Semester, 7-8 Months
The Remote Collar High School, 2nd Semester, 8 to 9 Months
Advanced Retrieving Last month of high school! 9-12 Months
Real World Considerations In-the-field advice for hunting with any age retriever
Training to Handle Post-Graduate Work - After the first hunting season
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