THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRAINING GUNDOGS. By James Douglas.

Douglas (James). (1944-2002).

ISBN 10: 0720716292 / ISBN 13: 9780720716290

Published by Pelham Books. London. 1985, 1985

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). 1985 1st edition. Large 8vo (174 x 241mm). Ppxii,172. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Very good in used dust-wrapper. This is a systematically arranged guide to training a gundog. Chapters include: Choosing the right breed - breed standards given for: Chesapeake Bay, Labrador, Flatcoated, Golden, Curly-coated Retrievers; English and Welsh Springer Spaniels. HPRS: German shorthaired pointers, Large Munsterlander, Hungarian Viszla, Wiemaraner, German Wirehaired Pointer. Choosing your puppy; The new puppy - house-training, parasites and pest, diseases and inoculations, sitting, introduction to the lead; Six to nine months - wlaking to heel, first training sessions, sitting to whistle, early retrieving, introduction to water, reward and punishment; Nine to twelve months - introduction to feathered dummy, introduction to shot, dummy launcher, distance controld with whistle and hand signals, distance hand signals, retrieving from water, dropping to shot, crossing obstacles, quartering, pointing; One year to eighteen months - directional hand signals, advance dummy retrieving, blind retrieves, advanced water work, bringing out the gun, dead game, taking a line; Eighteen months to two years - the rabbit pen, dropping to flush, bringing it all together; Going shooting - picking up, wildfowling, scents; Trials and trialling - preparing the dog, field test, spaniel trials, retriever trials, HPR trials; Bitches and breeding - seasons, to mate or not to mate, false pregnancy, spaying, castration, mating, the pregnancy, the new puppies, dew claw removal, tail docking, worming, claw trimming, selling the puppies; The years to come; Equipment and kennel design. James Douglas was the pseudonym of Douglas Mitchell, a well-known archer who died in 2002 following a freak accident with a bow. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRAINING GUNDOGS. By James Douglas.
• Publisher: Pelham Books. London. 1985
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720716292
• ISBN 13: 9780720716290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Complete Guide to Training Gundogs is an authoritative book which covers all aspects of gundog training. In writing this book James Douglas has very much identified with the problems, large and small, and the requirements of the modern gundog owner - whether he is a city dweller or a countryman. The author combines an in-depth knowlege and understanding of every aspect of handling and control with a highly readable, entertaining and useful book. The book takes the reader through the historical developments of the various types of the retriever, the spaniel, and the HPR breeds, and then on to actual training. He deals with all stages of training from puppyhood and on through the intervening monhts of the dog's developement to the adult, highly-skilled working dog. Included are chapters on breeding and whelping, and what is expected of dog and handler at a field trial.