Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training
Published on 1. August 2006
288 pages
978-1-4617-4897-7 (ISBN)
Description
This classic, practical book on bird dog training is now updated and expanded with material on the latest field-training equipment and live-game training techniques with released quail and recall pens. A useful chapter on the services and guidance offered by organizations for owners, amateur trainers, and those who wish to participate in field trials and other bird dog competitions is also included.
The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training covers all pointing and flushing breeds, and also offers sensible approaches to buying a dog, bringing up a pup, yard and field training, and equipment. In addition, the helpful appendices list recommended books and periodicals, other literature, breed registries, organizations, and suppliers of equipment and accessories to help bird dog owners with all of their training needs.
Complete with dozens of instructional photographs throughout, The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training is a gem of a book that any serious new or veteran owner or trainer of bird dogs should get their hands on.
The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training covers all pointing and flushing breeds, and also offers sensible approaches to buying a dog, bringing up a pup, yard and field training, and equipment. In addition, the helpful appendices list recommended books and periodicals, other literature, breed registries, organizations, and suppliers of equipment and accessories to help bird dog owners with all of their training needs.
Complete with dozens of instructional photographs throughout, The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training is a gem of a book that any serious new or veteran owner or trainer of bird dogs should get their hands on.
Reviews / Votes
"John Falk's The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training admirably achieves what it has attempted. It is excellent for the man who would like to train his own pointing or flushing dogs."--Nelson Bryant, The New York TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
File size
66,46 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-4897-7 (9781461748977)
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John Falk
Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training
Book
08/2006
The Lyons Press
€16.60
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Person
John R. Falk has trained and hunted dogs since the 1940s. For six years he was part owner of Shoshone English Setter Kennels in Garrison, New York. He is also the author of The Practical Hunter's Dog Book. John lives in South Salem, New York.
Content
- The Complete Guide to Bird Dog Training
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1 WHICH BREED FOR YOU?
- 2 SIX POINTING BREED CANDIDATES
- 3 FOUR FLUSHING BREED CANDIDATES
- 4 ON BUYING YOUR PROSPECT
- 5 YOUR PUP'S EARLY HOME LIFE
- 6 PRELIMINARY FIELD TRIPS
- 7 YOUR PUP'S YARD-TRAINING
- 8 FIELD TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- 9 INTRODUCTION TO HUNTING
- 10 FORMAL FIELD TRAINING: POINTING DOGS
- 11 FORMAL FIELD TRAINING: FLUSHING DOGS
- 12 COMMON PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS
- 13 A PINCH OF SALT
- 14 SOME EXTRA HELP
- Appendix
- Index
