Smartwork for Retrievers Volume I: Basics and Transition Book by Evan Graham

Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions for retriever training.

... an informative book with a nifty design ... Smartwork is filled with the kind of information you'd expect from a retired professional dog trainer ... laying down a good philosophy that usually gets glossed over in some books, but something that Evan puts first and foremost in his. Jake Smith
Managing Editor

1. Fundamental Training Principles
2. Correct Principles of Application
3. Starter Program for Puppies
4. Basics: An Overview with Flow Chart for Development
5. Obedience (Formalizing)
6. Force Fetch
7. Pile Work
8. Handling / 3-Handed Casting
9. Establishing the Mechanics of Tee Work
10. "Teaching" Triples, and Extending Patterns
11. 3rd Compound Stage
    1. Double Tee
    2. Extended Pattern Distances
    3. Diversion Marks
12. 4th Compound Stage
    1. Water Tee / Swim By
    2. Multiple Marks
13. Cold Blind Transition -- Land
14. Cold Blind Transition -- Water
15. Critical Elements of Marking, Diversion Pressure
16. Water Marks
17. Diversion Pressure

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