Can anyone recommend a good training book I can use to help me train my puppy for Phesant hunting?
and please, please, please remember...
it is a puppy. All the ingredients are there, but they take their own time to develop as the puppy goes from childhood to adolescence to maturity.
You will encounter brilliance, clownishness, dumb, and moments of absolute astonishment.
Is a puppy.
:thumbsup:
Can anyone recommend a good training book I can use to help me train my puppy for Phesant hunting?
Whatever you choose make it fun for both of you. And while we all want the best hunting dog we can have, first and foremost all dogs have to be a good citizen first and that starts with socialization and crate training.Can anyone recommend a good training book I can use to help me train my puppy for Phesant hunting?
Agreed. Hillman is top notch for sure. I do like Rick Stawski "Fowl Dawgs" dvd. Great step by step for a solid hunting retriever. Wolters is very outdated and doesn't provide a step by step simplified training program.
I assume by this that you have never read Wolter's book. It is exactly a step by step process. I have trained 5 setters using his methods and all are top notch hunting dogs. Good training methods can't be outdated. I have used the Burnt Creek book alongside "Gun Dog". Look at Jim Marrti's book. Written 40 years ago, and so highly valued that you can't find a copy for less than $150. And Wolter's books are still in print after over 50 years.
http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Creek-m...UTF8&qid=1459529472&sr=8-5&keywords=Jim+Marti
"Gun Dog" and "Water Dog"...both excellent training books by R. Wolter. You can probably find the books at your local library.
When I first got into training 40 years ago, the Wolters books were about all we had. But they are light years away from the materials out there now by Lardy, Hillman, Stawski, etc. All I can say is take a look and compare for yourself and make your own decision. Hillman and Lardy are as good as it gets. I have a library full of training books, manuals, dvds, vhs, etc. Lardy has everything you need.[/QUOTE
Forgot about Rick Stawski in my original post--Have trained at Ricks land and competed against him in numerous trials--
He is a first class individual --and has a reputation for returning calls and helping out those with questions--highly recommend--
Make your own decisions--but--Wolters is considered a joke/farce among serious retriever people--
The recommendations from WestKS is are all much better--
Read bought Wolters book many years ago by the way--JMO :cheers: