Tom Dokken's Retriever Training
Tom Dokken's Retriever Training

Author: Tom Dokken

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-06-16

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1440224889

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Hunting Success Begins Here! In Tom Dokken's Retriever Training, America's leading trainer helps you channel your hunting dog's huge ambition so he works for you, the way you want, and does so happily.After using the time-tested methods in Tom Dokken's Retriever Training, you'll have a reliable retriever that: • Obeys commands on- and off-leash • Retrieves birds to hand • Remains steady to shot • Quarters and flushes upland game • Finds downed birds • Takes hand signals

Sporting Dog and Retriever Training: The Wildrose Way
Sporting Dog and Retriever Training: The Wildrose Way

Author: Mike Stewart

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2012-09-11

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0789324466

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A comprehensive guide to transforming your dog into a valuable wing-shooting companion in the field and at home. Created by Mike Stewart of Wildrose Kennels, the Wildrose Way is a unique, low-force, positive training method that is field-proven for upland and waterfowl gundogs. The training prepares dogs for versatility—any game, any terrain, any destination—and makes them desirable companions for any situation. Now, for the first time, Stewart’s methods are compiled in one indispensable reference book, fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Containing chapters on establishing essential behaviors, the core skills of the hunting retriever, and waterdog finishing work, as well as sidebars on such topics as breed selection and effective canine leadership, this step-by-step book is designed specifically for wing-shooters who want to transform their pup into a gentleman’s gundog.

Training Your Retriever
Training Your Retriever

Author: James Lamb Free

Publisher: Putnam Adult

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780399136207

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Expert advice on choosing, training, and caring for a retriever is supplemented by comprehensive data on retriever trial-championship winners and the official specifications for each breed of retriever.

Tom Dokken's Advanced Retriever Training
Tom Dokken's Advanced Retriever Training

Author: Tom Dokken

Publisher: Krause Publications

Published: 2013-06-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781440234538

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Many hunters consider their retrievers to be "polished" if the dog sits, stays, retrieves marked singles and won't run off. However, retrievers of every breed have so much potential. This book condenses Tom's 40-plus years of dog training into a concise, easy-to-follow guide that helps you unlock the magic within your retriever. Working at your own pace, and with vivid visual instructions, you'll learn how to teach your dog honoring, multiple marked retrieves, blind retrieves over land and water, and much more. Arguable America's best-known retriever trainer, Tom as four-plus decades of experience turning retrievers into successful hunt-test competitors, field-trail participants and great hunting companions. He operates Dokken's Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, Minn., which is also one of the country's largest all-breed hunting dog training facilities. He also creates the popular Dokken's Dreadfowl Trainer dummy, which is designed to teach dogs the proper hold on game birds.

Retriever Training
Retriever Training

Author: Robert Milner

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781572233911

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Robert Milner has been training dogs professionally for more than thirty years. Over that stretch he has trained about 1,500 retrievers for hunting and field trials, drug and explosive detection, and even search-and-rescue operations. He taught obedience classes at the University of Memphis for ten years, and has judged retriever trials in both the U.S. and in England. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife, Susan, and yellow Lab, Jake.

Advanced Retriever Training
Advanced Retriever Training

Author: Laura Hill

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1785007564

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In Advanced Retriever Training, experienced trainer, competitor and judge, Laura Hill, takes a holistic approach to training and living with working retriever breeds. Whether your aim is to reach competition level or simply to troubleshoot your training practices, this book is the ideal follow-on to the basic commands and handling skills already established. Insightful and in-depth coverage includes reanalysing the basic pillars of breeding, feeding and training; examining your own behaviour and the effect it has on your dog and identifying your dog's psychological needs and tailoring your training accordingly. Key approaches to successful retriever work with positive, reward-based methods are covered along with training planning and management. An advanced approach to training essentials, including heelwork, marking, blind retrieves and navigating barriers are discussed as well as establishing and maintaining an enjoyable partnership with your dog. This book will improve your handling as well as your overall approach to living and working with retrievers.

British Training for American Retrievers
British Training for American Retrievers

Author: Vic Barlow

Publisher: Willow Creek Press

Published: 2014-07-12

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1623435986

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There has long been a disconnect between the retriever training methods in the United Kingdom and in North America. British Retriever Trials are primarily a test of the dog's skill as a game finder, while American Field Trials are a test of the handling techniques of the owner. The Brits teach their dogs to find every bird, while American handlers are training for an event in which tracking cripples plays no part. The British manner, for many American and Canadian hunters, makes more sense to them on a day-to-day basis because its aim is to produce a finished gun dog who is steady, quiet, and reliable in the field.

The Working Retrievers
The Working Retrievers

Author: Tom Quinn

Publisher: Lyons Press

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592281749

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The classic book for trainers and handlers of retrievers for hunting and field trials.