The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training Book by Jerome B. Robinson

For walking upland hunters wanting closer working dogs and have access to lots of birds for training.

Copyright 2000, 247 pages, softcover, b/w photos, and 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 30 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 from 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 Table of Contents: 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


    • Price: 14.95
    Code: 9029


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    Transcript from Steve's Video:

    Today we're looking at Jerome Robinson's "Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training." This is one of my favorite books that we sell, mainly because it's highly focused on birds in training. It's designed for the walking upland hunter who is looking for a closer working dog, for folks that have the ability to use a lot of birds in their training. Birds are a key part of training, but Jerome really focuses on that. And it's a key part of how he introduces the dogs to everything. So I've just enjoyed the method. It works well. But keep in mind you've got to have access to a lot of birds and you've got to have the ability to work your dog on a lot of birds for this method to work for you. Check it out. "Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training."






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