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Paperback, 247 pages, b/w illustrations
The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training explains how to train a bird dog to hunt at a pace that suits a man walking, and to point and hold birds with all the elegance and style of a field trial champion. It combines successful traditional methods with modern electronic techniques to show how the nation's top professional gundog trainers develop reliable hunting dogs that are easy to control, exciting to watch, and stylish on point.
The author has traveled around the United States for more than thirty years studying how professional trainers develop the most dependable and enjoyable hunting dogs, and passing that information along to readers. In this book, he provides everything a reader needs to know to train pointing dogs for hunting in the close-cover conditions found in most parts of the country today.
If it seems that every dog you've ever tried to train has brought you to heel, pick up this book. Robinson has been writing about dog -training methods for more than 30 years, and his tips-gleaned form America's best bird dog trainers-will give you the close working dog that you desire and deserve.
--Slaton White, Editor, Field & Stream
One of the greatest things I ever did for the readers of Sports Afield during my editorship there was to make Jerry Robinson Gundog Editor. Today, my esteem for his prose and knowledge is still without limits. Follow Jerry Robinson and your path to glorious and golden upland gunning over a great dog will become clear. Here, in one book, you will find everything you need to save time, money, and aggravation in developing the hunting companion of a lifetime.
--Lamar Underwood, former Editor in Chief, Sports Afield and Outdoor Life magazines
Finally, the book that all bird-dog trainers have been waiting for. Whether you're new to the game and are thinking about purchasing your first gundog, or are a professional trainer looking to see what others are doing in the field, this book is for you. Among other things, you'll learn how to:
Use electronic collars correctly
Buy the puppy that will grow into the dog you want
Say the four commands of dog training-come, sit, no, heel
Train your dogs with pigeons and quail
Practice with your dog in your backyard
Feed your dog nutritious foods for every season
Hunt with a dog that's steady to shot
And much, much more
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. E-Collars: The Electronic Leash
2. Don't Buy Mail-Order Dogs
3. Start with a Pup
4. Puppies Should Learn to Point Before They Learn to Run
5. How to Prevent Gun Shyness
6. Tone of Voice
7. Four Lessons Every Dog Must Learn: Come, Sit, No, Heel
8. Stop to Flush
9. The Early Months
10. The Backyard Bird Supply
11. How to Build a Callback Quail Pen
12. Pigeons: The Ideal Training Birds
13. The Harnessed Quail
14. Backyard Bird Dog Practice
15. First Time Afield
16. Second-Year Madness
17. Teaching the Dog to Quarter Ahead of the Gun
18. The Time to Teach the Dog to Whoa
19. A Trick That Makes Him Whoa with a High Tail
20. The Crucial Moment
21. Bird Work-At Last!
22. Use the Wind to Your Advantage
23. Steadiness to Wing
24. The Importance of the Stop to Flush
25. Steadying to Multiple Flushes
26. Retrieving: The Force Method
27. Steadying to the Shot
28. Backing Another Dog's Point
29. How to Establish Artificial Training Coveys
30. Transition to Wild Birds
31. The Beeper and The Bell
32. Don't Let Your Hunting Companion Ruin Your Dog
33. Hard Mouth-Easier Prevented than Cured
34. Be a Buddy as Well as a Boss
35. Your Kid Can Be Your Best Assistant
36. If the Dog Doesn't Point, Don't Shoot
37. Pre-Season Conditioning for You and Your Dog
38. What Not to Feed Your Dog
39. How to Ship Dogs Safely by Air
40. How to Build the Ideal Dog Kennel
41. How to Build a Lifetime Dog Crate
42. Don't Let Your Dog Die of Snakebite
43. So, You Want to Have Puppies
Index
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The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training explains how to train a bird dog to hunt at a pace that suits a man walking, and to point and hold birds with all the elegance and style of a field trial champion. It combines successful traditional methods with modern electronic techniques to show how the nation’s top professional gun dog trainers d...
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