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Copyright 2025, 179 pages, softcover, color photos and illustrations
With over 50 drills and a section on best training practices and principles, Building A Retriever Fourth Edition is a book that will help any retriever trainer develop their dog to his fullest potential. Each drill includes step-by-step directions, a diagram, problem/solution chart, materials list, and a rational description. Particular attention is paid to selecting drills that are within the means of most amateur trainers.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
MORE: A collection of practical advice and principles of dog training
Teach, Not Test
Other Training Tidbits
Puppy Stuff
Explanation of Levels: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
A Quick Word About E-Collars
DRILLS:
Phase One -- Obedience, Line Work and Team Building
Holding Blind Drill
Clockwork
Remember Me?
Where's Waldo
Swing With The Gun
Head-Swinging Drill
Phase Two -- Marking
X Marking Drill
Split X Marketing Drill
Walk-Away Marks
Ontario Ten-Step
Diversion Mark Drill
Depth Perception Marketing Drill
Depth Perception Drill Two
Double Drill
Creamsicle
Inline Marks
Wipe-Out Marks
Channel Marks
ABCD Marking Drill
Slot Marks
Two-Along-The-Shore-Marks
Help Guidelines for Marks
Phase Three -- Handling
Ladder Blinds
Wagon Wheel
First Look
Push-Pull
Pile Work - Problem and Solution Chart
Pile Work - Baseball
Pile Work - Back Pile
Pile Work - T Drill
Christmas Tree Drill
Straight Back
Back vs. Angle Back Drill
Come-In Whistle Drill
Progressive Blinds - School Blinds
Swish Drill
Interrupted Double Drill
Four Phase AKA Blind Diversion Drill
Cast Off
Looking Glass
W Drill
MW's Influential Lining Drill
Three In A Row
Zig Zag
Bird Boy Blinds
Over Parallel To Shore
Holding Blind Blinds
Back Parallel To Shore
Cast Over Into Water / Through An Obstacle
Poison Bird
Chair Drill
Tune Up Drill
Split or Bucket Drill
Tight to the Gun Handling Drill
MORE MORE:
List of Drills by Level of Difficulty
NEVER STOP DOING THESE DRILLS--LIST
Training Group Etiquette
The Best Stuff
Sample Log
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