Dogs - Training, Hunting - Small Game, Trapping & Bird, Working Dogs
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Overview
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.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 thirty 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. (61/4 X 91/4, 268 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)Book Details
Published
February 1, 2001
Publisher
The Lyons Press
Pages
264
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781585741267