Tom Quinn's THE WORKING RETRIEVERS covers every aspect of the training of dogs for hunting and field trials, from the beginning to the most advanced levels
Copyright 1983, 257 pages, Softcover, black and white photos and illustrations
By Tom Quinn. In this complete and updated book of retrievers and their training, we enter the world of Tom Quinn, one of America's most successful breeders and trainers of these uniquely talented dogs. Quinn explains the methods he has used in developing a remarkable series of champion retrievers, including his very first trained Labrador bitch Nakai Anny, who honors as Field Champion, and is a member of the Retriever Hall of Fame.
THE WORKING RETRIEVERS covers every aspect of the training of dogs for hunting and field trials, from the beginning to the most advanced levels. In its earlier sections, the book surveys the various breeds of retrieving dogs - Labradors, Chesapeake's, and others - and their history. Quinn then takes us, step by step, through the entire training process for the successive levels of trial competition and hunting.
Quinn also includes information of proper feeding, care, and transportation; breeding; buying and selling; and many other matters of vital importance. Using photographs and line diagrams to illustrate the text, Quinn has written an expert, all-inclusive guide that is invaluable to the active retriever enthusiast.
A gallery of sixteen pages in full color features Tom Quinn's painting of retrievers and game birds, captured in rare sensitivity. In its entirety, THE WORKING RETRIEVERS, with its combination of detailed and authoritative guidance, and an exceptionally rich visual treatment - is a book to be cherished by all who love retrievers.
TOM QUINN is one of America's most successful breeders and trainers of champion retrievers. He is also an accomplished painter and illustrator, an active conservationist, an articulate lecturer on retriever training, and at a top-rated field-trial judge.
CONTENTS:
I. First Exposure
II. Other Days
III. Finding a Good One
IV. Training and Gear
VI. Derby Training: The First Phase
VII. Force-Fetch Training and Steadying Your Dog
IX. Derby Training: The Second Phase
X. Hunting and the Qualifying Stake
XI. Blinds and Line Running
XII. Training for Advanced Competition
XIII. Health
XIV. Buying and Selling
XV. Hunting and Habitat
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