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

Erlandson, Keith

ISBN 10: 1904057187 / ISBN 13: 9781904057185

Published by Robinson Press, London, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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
• Publisher: Robinson Press, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904057187
• ISBN 13: 9781904057185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, The Working Springer Spaniel includes individual chapters on the origins of the springer; obtaining a spaniels 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 heal; artificial lines; punishment; soft and hard mouths; the principles and practicalities 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.^