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This book, written by Keith Erlandson, one of the world's top breeders and handlers, covers all aspects of owning a working springer spaniel. How to choose, work, breed and trial this popular sporting spaniel. An essential read for every spaniel owner. The working springer spaniel has long been the most popular sporting breed throughout the English speaking world. A versatile hunting and retrieving dog, its drive and energy give it an attractive temperament but make it difficult to handle. Keith Erlandson is one of the world's top breeders and handlers of both the working springer and cocker. He describes in this book the knowledge he has gained from more than 37 years experience with both breeds. Illustrated with 16 papers of photographs, The Working Springer Spaniel includes individual chapters on the origins of the springer; obtaining a spaniel puppy; hip and eye tests; pre-training procedures; training equipment, dogging guns and ammunition; early obedience lessons; steadiness to dummies and introduction to retrieving; introducing the gun; retrieving real game; hunting and steadiness to game; a breakdown of game scent; dropping to shot; blind retrieves; jumping; water work; walking to heel; artificial lines; punishment; soft and hard mouths; the principles and practicalites of breeding; field trials in Britain, USA, Canada and Europe; the working cocker; woodcock and 'cocking' spaniels. The book is essential reading for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a working springer or cocker spaniel.
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The Working Springer Spaniel
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The Working Springer Spaniel: How to Choose, Train, Work, Breed and Trial the World's Most Popular Sporting Spaniel, Including a Section on the Working Cocker
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THE WORKING SPRINGER SPANIEL. By Keith Erlandson.
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). (1995) 2002 new edition. 8vo (162 x 241mm). Ppx,242. B/w photographs, illustrations. Orange cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but good-plus in dust-wrapper. A practical and well-regarded account of training, working, breeding and trialling distilled from forty years' experience. Chapters include: Origins of the Springer; The relationship between dog and man; Obtaining a Spaniel puppy; Why we must dock; Spaniel size and efficiency; Hips and eyes in Spaniels; Pre-training procedure; Training equipment; Dogging guns and ammo; Early obedience lessons; Steadiness to dummies and retrieving; Introducing the gun; Retrieving real game; Hunting and steadiness to game; A breakdown on game scent; Perfecting the hunting method; Dropping to shot; Working on blind retrieves; Jumping fences; Water work; Walking to heel; Artificial lines; Punishment; His raison d'etre; The importance of a good mouth; The principles of breeding good spaniels; Breeding a good litter of puppies; The working cocker today; The fall and rise, and rise of the Cocker; Woodcock and 'Cocking' Spaniels; The changed face of field trials; Spanmiel trials in Europe; Spaniels - a continental sportsman's view; Transatlantic Spaniel trials, USA and Canada; Spaniels today; A review of Spaniel Championship winners. Essential reading for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a working Springer or Cocker Spaniel. . Seller Inventory # 53952
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