How to Help Gun Dogs Train Themselves - Softcover

Bailey, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963012738 ISBN 13: 9780963012739

Publisher: Swan Valley Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Save time by training your gun dog the easy, painless and fun way.

The most critical developmental time for dogs is the first 16 weeks of life. Since puppies usually go to their new owners between 8 and 12 weeks of age, only a few short weeks remain for the dog's potential to be tapped. Proper socialization, exposure and conditioning must take place within this time frame if behavioral problems such as not coming when called, not retrieving, or failure to point are to be avoided.

In the United States each year, over 8 million gun dogs work in unison with the 16 million people who have come to enjoy the thrill of hunting upland birds and waterfowl.

Of that number, thousands will spend approximately $600 to purchase a new pup within the next year only to find that unnecessary mistakes have ruined an otherwise fine gun dog's potential.

It doesn't have to be that way. One of America's great dog people, and veteran editor of The Gun Dog Supreme, Joan Bailey, guides both new and experienced dog owners through that all important first year of their new puppy's life with her book--"How To Help Gun Dogs Train Themselves."

Designed in an easy to read, step-by-step format. "How To Help Gun Dogs Train Themselves" assists gun dog owners by providing proven methods emphasizing socialization, exposure and conditioning during the critical first 12 months of a dogs life. Under the skillful direction of Joan Bailey, gun dog enthusiasts will learn what thousands of successful bird hunters have known for years--with a little help gun dogs really train themselves.

Now in it's 3rd edition, updated with new material, over 206 information packed pages, more than 130 photographs.

About this title

About the Author

Larry Mueller, hunting dog editor of "Outdoor Life" quotes one of Bailey's colleagues as he introduced her at a judges' seminar as saying "She was the Margaret Thatcher of the dog world. He now denies giving her that much scope, claiming instead that he thought of her as prime minister of hunting dogs."

Bailey was editor of The Gun Dog Supreme for 25 years, a field judge of versatile hunting dogs for 29 years, and won 13 awards from the Dog Writers Association of America.

Most of her hunting has been in the midwest (Nebraska), eastern woods of Ontario (Canada), Montana (Charlie Russell country), and eastern Oregon.

She has an abiding interest and devotion to canines.

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Chapter I
The Keys

The questions that perpetually arise from first-time gun dog owners are: When should I start training my dog? What is the best method to use for training my dog? Why won't my dog retrieve? Why doesn't my dog point?

There are many books on training hunting dogs, but little has been published until now on the informal, easy methods of socializing and conditioning a young hunting dog. How a dog is brought along during the its first months of life will largely determine his future as a useful gun dog. The more positive exposure your dog has during the first twelve months of his life, the easier it is to take advantage of the critical stages of his development.

Essentially, this is a book abou exposing your dog to proper conditioning during his first year. Conditioning is learning in such a way tha the dog thinks he invented whatever you want him to learn.

Edition details

• Publisher: Swan Valley Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963012738
• ISBN 13: 9780963012739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206