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Urban Gun Dogs: Training Flushing Dogs for Home and Field

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This book offers an all inclusive view for the individual living in the city that wishes to pursue outdoor activities with a sporting dog. It covers basic topics of good training places to the awareness of taking advantage of every training opportunity. This work offers the basics necessary for the novice to be able to independently develop a serviceable gun dog for the average hunter, while at the same time giving a glimpse of advanced work that the owner of a gundog may aspire to.

It is a must own for any serious gundog owner to put in his/her library and add to any bibliography.

This is a fantastic book!! Well organized with easy to understand, step by step instructions & easy to read diagrams. A valuable asset for trainers of any background. Great pictures too!!

I personally know both of the authors & they are very knowledgeable & respected dog people. I train with Tony & he has taught me a tremendous amount.....He has a great passion & understanding of the dogs he trains & it shows in this book & in the field!!

This is a great book for everyone from the novice to the experienced trainer! Excellent photos and diagrams and easy to follow techniques that are positive and successful for both the dogs and handlers! The authors have great background and obviously care and understand the dogs!

I found this book extremely useful in getting my dogs ready for hunting season, and find myself consistently referring to it. The authors present the subject matter in a highly organized, knowledgeable, and humorous fashion; they clearly know their business. The book contains solid tips on training for hunt tests, obedience, field trials, and hunting. Although it is primarily geared for novice and intermediate trainers, it contains very useful information for those of us who have trained spaniels and retrievers for many years. The book's unique approach is valid not only for those who live in the city, but for many of us who have access to good rural training grounds as well. Urban Gun Dogs is an excellent addition to any dog training library, and a must read for the serious flushing dog trainer.

Excellent quality, excellent pictures and a fantastic layout. Everything you want to know from buying a puppy to house training, to a complete gun dog. All with innovative ideas for training in urban dwellings. A 'must have' for anyone interested in owning a gun dog.

The premise of the book is that the scarcity of suitable land, coupled with a more urban lifestyle, has brought forth the need for a different approach to training. Aside from this unique premise, the book is interesting simply because it is the first comprehensive training manual for flushing dogs to be published in a good while. This, coupled with up-to-date commentary on the contemporary American field trial and hunt test scene, makes it an interested read for anyone.

I am like most spaniel and retriever owners in that I have a regular sized yard and live with neighbors who are actually next door. This book puts together training methods that you can employ with limited space and limited time to train. Most training writers seem not to realize that most of us do not have a ranch stocked with birds on which to train our dogs. This book takes a realistic approach to training dogs that will work for hunters who have day-jobs and professional trainers alike.

Urban Gun Dogs is an excellent book for the city-dwelling novice gun dog owner who wishes to train their spaniel or retriever for upland game and non-slip retrieving. The basics are well covered, with tips on finding places to train, as well as an extensive section on handling your gun dog in hunt tests and field trials.

Pam Kadlec, "Retriever Training for Spaniels"

Just Ducky Kennel & Spaniel Training Academy

Urban Gun Dogs fills a niche that is long overdue in the hunting dog training literature genre, how to train a working gun dog with limitations imposed by residing in an urban/suburban environment. The authors have done a thorough and insightful job of provding practical advice and training drills to develop a well behaved and effective hunting companion considering the urban environment many people have to train their dogs in. The obedience section alone is worth the price of the book, and applicable to anyone starting a new dog or wishing to improve the manners of their existing dog, not just those in the hunting dog community. The book leaves behind the assumptions made in much of the classic literature on gun dog training.... that people have Edwardian era unlimited time, property and birds to train a gun dog. The program outined in this book will produce results!

Urban Gun Dogs offers practical advice and common sense solutions with a creative twist for anyone interested in training their spaniel. It is a well-written, comprehensive guide that belongs on every spaniel owner's bookshelf... and is one you'll find yourself reaching for time and again.