The versatile shooting retriever

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A meeting of dog trainers, who gathered to study the effectiveness of retrievers as upland bird hunters, is described. Retrievers are normally thought of in connection with waterfowl but, as the trials at the meeting proved, retrievers can also be counted upon for hunting upland birds.

Author: Tarrant, Bill

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Water love

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Retrievers have webbed feet and can swim, but it is still important to instill 'water love' in them. One technique to develop this trait is to force a dog to retrieve from a spot where he cannot run along the bank before entering the water.

Author: Tarrant, Bill

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Water love, part 2

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Teaching a pup not to shake after coming out of the water with a downed duck is important, as is teaching it not to retrieve decoys. A dog trainer describes the best techniques for training hunting dogs.

Author: Tarrant, Bill

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Subjects list: Training, Bird dogs, Retrievers
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