Training Your Pointing Dog for Hunting & Home - Couverture souple

Weaver, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811738272 ISBN 13 : 9780811738279

Editeur : Stackpole Books, 2019

Synopsis

Training Your Pointing Dog for Hunting & Home describes how to develop an obedient gun dog that is also an affectionate family companion, with training schedules and advice on everything from handling a newborn pup to teaching advanced field techniques and finely tuned pointing manners. This book presents a simplified, commonsense approach that can be used in its entirety or to troubleshoot individual aspects of your dog’s education. You will learn the importance of early obedience training and appropriate transition to the field, including tips for retrieving, quartering, sight pointing, and bird work. With proper care and handling, you can cultivate your pup’s natural aptitudes and achieve a rewarding relationship with a healthy, happy gun dog.

• Advice on how to choose the right breed for your personality and hunting style

• Training tips for housebreaking and basic living commands

• Techniques for introducing the gun, achieving staunchness on point, and advanced field quartering and retrieving

• How to prevent problem behaviors of deer chasing, blinking, gun shyness, hardmouth, and short stopping

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dick Weaver has been training and breeding gun dogs professionally for more than forty-seven years. He has written articles for RGS Magazine, Game News, and Virginia Sportsman and is also the author of Grouse Dogs. Weaver lives with his dual-type English setters in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stackpole Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811738272
• ISBN 13: 9780811738279
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas