Problem Gun Dogs How to Identify and Correct

Veteran trainer and hunter Bill Tarrant goes beyond simple gun dog training and teaches handlers how to correct flaws in a dog's behaviour in the field. He first explains how to 'read' a dog -- how to identify faults such as hard mouth and gun shyness -- and then prescribes solutions for problems specific to each of the three major classifications of gun dogs -- bird dogs, retrievers, and flushers.

Bill Tarrant has helped thousands of hunters train their dogs with his books.

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction to the Gun Dog

1

(7)

PART ONE: THE DOG

Getting Started

8

(6)

Analyzing What We've Got

Laying out a Plan

Knowing the Dog

Physical Characteristics

14

(8)

Feet

Forearm

Length of Leg

Hips

Neck

Eyes

Nose

Ears

Bite

Skin

Tail

Teats and Testicles

Great Heart Girth

Brains and Trainability

High Pain Threshold

Endurance

Conclusion

PART TWO: THE BIRD DOG

Correcting the Bird Dog

22

(13)

The Basics

Whoa and Come

The Whoa Post

Back to the Power Bar

Turning the Power Bar Around

Wing and Shot

35

(15)

Hobbling the Bird

The Bird Boy

The Chain Gang

The Walking Chain Gang

So Where Are We?

Honoring Another Dog's Work

Kenneling

Bird Dog Problems

50

(26)

Heel

Sit

Stay

Come

Hie On

Blinking

Pointing Unproductives

Bolting

Cutting Back

Ranging Too Far

Bush Pointing

Trailing

Gun Shyness

Running Trash

Water Shyness

Hard Mouth

Eating the Bird

Refusing to Retrieve or Running Away with the Bird

Fighting

Horse Shyness or Horse Defiance

Catwalking

Relocating

Stop to Flush

Running Livestock

Dropping on Point

Pointing Nongame

Stealing Point

Chasing Cars

Cribbing

Digging

Barking

Bump and Run

The Magic Table

76

(13)

Building the Magic Table

Introducing the Dowel

The Nerve Hitch

The Dummy

Introduction to the Bird

The Good Earth

Pup Fetching Afield

So That's About It

Wrapping Up

89

(3)

PART THREE: THE RETRIEVERS

The Retrievers

92

(6)

Heel, Sit, Stay, Come

Problems with Marks

98

(14)

Breaking

Honoring

Mismarking

Switching Dummies

No-Go or Balking

Refusing to Watch a Mark Down

Overmarking and Undermarking

Noise on Line

Chewing the Bird or Hard Mouth

Running Away with the Bird

Running out of Control

Water

112

(11)

Introducing Pup to Water Marks

No-Go

Running the Bank

Heading for Another Shore

Spitting the Duck Out

Leaving a Diving Cripple

Retrieving Decoys

Retrieving from a Dog Box

Going to Land

Conclusion

Land Blinds

123

(10)

Refusing to Take a Hand Signal

Refusing to Answer a Whistle

Refusing to Fetch the Bird

Unable to Handle Cover

Problems with Cold Land Blinds

The Pop

Water Blinds

133

(19)

Going to Land

Swimming against the Wind

Handling the Diversion Bird

Running Water

Hunting versus Trialing

Knowing When to Handle

Running a Straight Line

Marking off Guns

PART FOUR: THE FLUSHERS

The Flushing Dogs

152

(23)

The English Springer Spaniel

The English Cocker Spaniel

The Total Training Program

Fetching

Happy Timing

The Cast

Review

Range

Pointing

Blinking

Cast Refusal

From Head to Tail

175

(2)

Index

177

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Problem Gun Dogs How to Identify and Correct Their Faults

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