Training Retrievers; The Cotton Pershall Method

George, Bobby, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0892726997 / ISBN 13: 9780892726998

Published by Down East Books, 2005

About this Item

Handsome green boards with silver gilt lettering. Jacket with a photo of a retriever with a duck in its mouth to the front. Signed by the author on a tipped-in plate. A tight and clean copy. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 167 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Training Retrievers; The Cotton Pershall Method
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892726997
• ISBN 13: 9780892726998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Animals & Birds
  • Signed Items
  • Fishing & Hunting

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 trainer Bobby N. George, Jr. 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

The late Bobby N. George, Jr. 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.