( 9 reviews )
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Posted: Jan 27 2009
This is a great book for anyone training a RETRIEVER to upland bird hunt. We hunt with another dog and it is very clear where her training was lacking and why she has the hunting issues she has thanks to this book. I trust with the help of this book, we will be more successful training our puppy in May. We had also read Gun Dog which though the more famous of Richard's books, is more geared towards pointing breeds.
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Posted: Oct 5 2008
Attention amateur dog trainers. Going to buy a Lab pup? Buy this book first and start off right. If you don't, you and the pup both loose. Richard Wolters sets the "high water" mark for all other training books and videos combined. You can leave everything else on the shelf. This stuff works. Wolters tailors his methods towards the amateur dog trainer/hunter for real world situations in the field with wild birds. He takes you from the 8th week of the pup's life through his last days on earth. He utilizes facts gathered from dog behaviorists and applies them to the development stages of a pup measured in precise numbers of days. Very easy to read and comprehend.
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Posted: Dec 18 2007
This is an old book but it is still the best system out there for training labs. Wolters has it together.
