Building a Retriever Fourth Edition Book by Carol F. Cassity

Over fifty drills and a section of best training practices and principles.

1. Teach, Not Test
2. Other Training Tidbits
3. Puppy Stuff
4. Explanation of Levels: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
5. A Quick Word About E-Collars

1. Phase One -- Obedience, Line Work and Team Building
   1. Holding Blind Drill
   2. Clockwork
   3. Remember Me?
   4. Where's Waldo
   5. Swing With The Gun
   6. Head-Swinging Drill
2. Phase Two -- Marking
   1. X Marking Drill
   2. Split X Marketing Drill
   3. Walk-Away Marks
   4. Ontario Ten-Step
   5. Diversion Mark Drill
   6. Depth Perception Marketing Drill
   7. Depth Perception Drill Two
   8. Double Drill
   9. Creamsicle
   10. Inline Marks
   11. Wipe-Out Marks
   12. Channel Marks
   13. ABCD Marking Drill
   14. Slot Marks
   15. Two-Along-The-Shore-Marks
3. Help Guidelines for Marks
4. Phase Three -- Handling
   1. Ladder Blinds
   2. Wagon Wheel
   3. First Look
   4. Push-Pull
   5. Pile Work - Problem and Solution Chart
   6. Pile Work - Baseball
   7. Pile Work - Back Pile
   8. Pile Work - T Drill
   9. Christmas Tree Drill
   10. Straight Back
   11. Back vs. Angle Back Drill
   12. Come-In Whistle Drill
   13. Progressive Blinds - School Blinds
   14. Swish Drill
   15. Interrupted Double Drill
   16. Four Phase AKA Blind Diversion Drill
   17. Cast Off
   18. Looking Glass
   19. W Drill
   20. MW's Influential Lining Drill
   21. Three In A Row
   22. Zig Zag
   23. Bird Boy Blinds
   24. Over Parallel To Shore
   25. Holding Blind Blinds
   26. Back Parallel To Shore
   27. Cast Over Into Water / Through An Obstacle
   28. Poison Bird
   29. Chair Drill
   30. Tune Up Drill
   31. Split or Bucket Drill
   32. Tight to the Gun Handling Drill

1. List of Drills by Level of Difficulty
2. NEVER STOP DOING THESE DRILLS--LIST
3. Training Group Etiquette
4. The Best Stuff
5. Sample Log
6. About the Author

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