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Gun Their Learning Chain (Shooting) Irving, Joe
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Joe Irving has been training gundogs since acquiring his first Springer Spaniel in 1963. He has written a number of books on gundog training including Training Spaniels (1-85310-419-1) and Gundogs: Their Learning Chain (1-84037-033-5). He lives in southwest Scotland.
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"A well-written and enjoyable handbook, packed with good sense, excellent teaching points and formula which, with nine dogs out of ten, cannot but succeed." -- John Humphries, Shooting Times
"I'd recommend the book to anyone interested in training a gundog, whatever the breed." -- Derry Argue, Shooting News
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Gundogs : Learning Chain
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1989
ISBN 10: 0713656565
ISBN 13: 9780713656565
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 17811923-20
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GUNDOGS: THEIR LEARNING CHAIN. By Joe Irving. Second edition.
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A & C Black. London. 1989, 1989
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1989). (1983) 1989 1st paperback edition. 8vo paperback (137 x 213mm). Pp231. B/w photographs & line illustrations. Quite brown & slightly used. A good working copy. "Joe Irving's .greatly respected handbook on gundogs shows how to train a dog for any type of shooting, by following a series of basic lessons which form a special sequence or learning chain. From buying a puppy to working it in the field, the author describes in detail how to adapt each stage of training to suit individual temperatments and all breeds of gundog - spaniel, labrador, golden retriever, flat-coat, curly-coat, pointer, setter, and even the cross-bred." "I'd recommend the book to anyone interested in training a gundog, whatever the breed." - Derry Argue, Shooting Times. Chapters include: The dog for the job - choice of puppy, purchasing a puppy, diet, kennels or not, house training; Development - preparation for training, chastisement, early days; Basic training - the training ground, sitting at a distance, steadiness to the thrown dummy, dropping to whistle and shot; Introduction to the 'hunters' - the rough-shooter's dog, early rough-shooting days; Advanced retrieving; Cold game - leaving a line, introduction to and retrieving from water, steadiness to game, the check cord, the rabbit pen; Pointers and setters; breeding - sires, brood bitches, the bitch in season, mating, gestation, the whelping box, the bitch in whelp, tails, dew claws, hand rearing; picking up and beating. . Seller Inventory # 54075
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Gun Dogs: Their Learning Chain (Shooting)
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ISBN 13: 9780713656565
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