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The Working Retrievers: The Classic Book for the Training, Care, and Handling of Retrievers for Hunting and Field Trials

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This book was recommended to me as a great book for overall information on retrievers. It not only covered growing up and loving your dog, but also topics from how to choose a good dog through derby training. It is an excellent reference guide for all owners with working retrievers. Another must-have for advanced training is "Training Retrievers to Handle" by D.L. and Ann Walters.

I got this book together with the 10 minute retriever. I must say that both are great books. I been training my lab for 3 months now and I am very suurprised how the training is comming. I have never trained a gun dog in my life and these two books have made it so easy that you would not belive it. You just have to read them, do as they say and the dog will do the rest.

Do not hesitate on these two books. If you are just going to buy one of these two go with The working retriever if you want to even go to trials with your dog. If you want an exellent never failing hunt dog, go with the 10 minute retriever.

This book has long been reveared by retriever trainers - it is great to see it in circulation again. Many refer to this as "The Bible" (of training that is). There are a lot of junk books out there and for the beginner who doesn't know quite how or where to start, Quinn's book is an excellent place.

Tom Quinn has produced the finest book on hunting and field-trial retrievers that I've put my hands on. A beautifully written book with amazing illustrations (also by Tom Quinn). Thanks for re-publishing this wonderful work.

Tom's Book is fabulous. Not only is he a great trainer and dog trial veteran and champion, but I personally have hunted with him and his dogs and it's all true. It works. One of the greatest living wildlife artists and sportsman.

I found the book to be helpful. Most things worked in training my lab or understanding his thought process. Overall I would recommend this highly.

This book is full of great information, with lots of great training advise and techniques. It gives plenty of drills for working your retriever. Contains exactly what the title says.

When I was learning about cheating singles (that retriever training, not infidelity), the diagrams were a great introduction. If you are trying to follow a training flowchart for general training, Lardy's or Graham's book would be most comprehensive.

I like how this helps me round out my knowledge.

participant. this is the book for you. I am an amateur trainer and have bought all the well known dvds and instructional books and this is by far the most in depth training tool i have found. it covers everything from basics to preparing your dog for all-age stakes, and give some of the best drills not found in other training material. a must buy for the competition trainer!

Recommended by Westwind Farm. The section specifically on Chesapeakes is very short (about 1/2 page of general info).