Training Retrievers : The Cotton Pershall Method

George, Bobby N., Jr.; Bobby N. George, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0924357088 / ISBN 13: 9780924357084

Published by Countrysport Press, Traverse City, MI, 1990

About this Item

Tan cloth-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Moderate foxing to the edges and endpages. This copy has an "opened-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. A clean and unmarked copy. Black-and-white photos. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Training Retrievers : The Cotton Pershall Method
• Publisher: Countrysport Press, Traverse City, MI
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0924357088
• ISBN 13: 9780924357084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Hunting
  • Dogs

About this title

Synopsis

In the opinion of many, nobody was more influential or had a greater impact on retrievers -- their training, handling, and breeding -- than Cotton Pershall. This book was a command performance, because thousands of dog owners and trainers requested that Pershall's methods be set down for generations to follow. Through the eyes and words of professional Bobby George, that's exactly what happened. The book includes complete techniques and training guidelines for lining, marking, obedience training, play training, handling doubles and triples easily, land and water retrieving, the forced retrieve, techniques to make your dog a more effective waterfowl retriever, and starting puppies through finishing a dog -- as well as fifty years of reminiscences about dogs, trainers, waterfowl hunts, and field trials.

About the Author

Bobby George worked as a sports writer for several newspapers while honing his dog-training skills through afternoons in the field with the legendary trainer Cotton Pershall. He later began working with Bill Eckett's Blackwater Retrievers and, in 1991, he went on his own as a professional retriever trainer. He eventually returned to Blackwater Retrievers, and in 2004 the Blackwater dog NFC-AFC Dewey's Drake of Moon River won the National Retriever Championship. Bobby George and his wife live near Centerview, Missouri.