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Training the Hunting Retriever

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Training The Hunting Retriever wasn't written by Jerome Robinson the dog trainer, it was written by Jerome Robinson the interviewer. He talked to all the reigning authorities: Omar Driskill, Jim Dobbs, D.L. Jones, Ron Mathis and others, then wrote this "interviewed" knowledge down in a beginning to advanced, easy to follow, fun to read format. Great for the beginner, first time retriever owner! You get the best of all the methods, ideologies and thechniques for training retrievers to be hunters.

I've read a half dozen gun dog books over the years and this one is by far the best. Most of the others were written in the 60's and 70's and tend to be pretty corny. The author has compiled techniques from trainers across the country and organizes them in a readable and efficiant manner. He also uses training methods designed for hunting dogs, not trial dogs, and duplicates realistic hunting situations in his training sessions.
This book impressed me so much that I bought a couple copies for two of my hunting partners so that we can all train our pups together using the same methods.

this book is a good book to read if you are training a hunting dog and dont want to waste your time with al lthe field trial garbage........combine this book with game dog and look out
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This book was great for me because I am a beginner and everything I have read has been about field trails. This book put a spin on hunting not trails. A must read for a person wanting to train for hunting.

This book contains info from many trainers. As a result, you get varying perspectives on dog training. The book contains innovative ideas on how to keep retrievers steady which is one of the hardest things to do. I would recommend this book to anyone.

If your a novice dog trainer looking for methods using the shock collar, this book is not for you. Just about every approach in the book used a shock collar. I believe dogs do not have to be trained in this manner. All it takes is a little more time and both you and the dog will benefit and the dog will have a much stronger bong