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Training Spaniels Joe Irving

Training Spaniels By Joe Irving

Training Spaniels by Joe Irving


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Summary

Written by a leading gundog trainer, this book explains to the novice trainer what is to be done step-by-step and explains how to obviate defects of behaviour in the dogs and remedy them when they occur. The general care of spaniels from infancy to maturity is dealt with throughout.

Training Spaniels Summary

Training Spaniels by Joe Irving

Joe Irving was a highly-experienced gundog trainer and in this book, he describes in refreshingly clear style what you have to do to possess a first-class gundog.
He was an authority who could diagnose the trainer's problems with the same sympathy he hadfor the dogs. He believed that trainers must recognise their own shortcomings and their mistakes, and learn from them. He tells the novice trainer what is to be done step-by-step and, just as importantly, he explains how to obviate defects of behaviour in the dogs and remedy them when they occur.
The general care of spaniels from infancy to maturity is dealt with throughout, and there are succinct summings-up at the end of each chapter that are, quite incidentally, practical dicta to be remembered, such as 'Keep the dog interested. Don't bore him' or 'This can be a frustrating lesson but you must not get excited - or punish the dog'.
Every facet of hand-training is dealt with in the first nine chapters and what follows is concerned with the first working season with your dog and then on to the techniques to be employed in field trials. By this time, the owner too has been trained!
Fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams.

About Joe Irving

Joe Irving, a former child psychiatrist, discovered that his psychiatric training gave a unique perspective to gundog training. He used this method to great success as a professional trainer, winning the prestigious McNeil Professional Handlers' Cup. He was the author of a number of classic gundog training books.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1. The Very Beginning 2. The Puppy up to 6 Months Old 3. Real Training Begins 4. Around 8 or 9 Months Old 5. More is Expected 6. The Halfway Stage of Training 7. Launchers and Advanced Dummy Work 8. Taking a Line 9. The End of Hand Training 10. First Season's Experience 11. Advanced Field Technique 12. Field Trials and Field Tests 13. Breeding 14. The Next Generation Index

Additional information

GOR001623526
9781853104190
1853104191
Training Spaniels by Joe Irving
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quiller Publishing Ltd
1993-07-12
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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