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Summary: Great book!
Review: Mike's book is a great read. Not only are his methods of training respectful of the dog, but his stories and discussions of the natural world teach us respect of the earth.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: Mike's book is a great read. Not only are his methods of training respectful of the dog, but his stories and discussions of the natural world teach us respect of the earth.
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Summary: Dont like to read? You'll like reading after this book.
Review: Mike's books are amazing. This book in particular is great. I dont enjoy reading as a past time and was given the book by Mike when we took our dog, Wyatt, to get trained by him. While Wyatt was with Mike I read the book to get an understanding of what Mike would be doing to train Wyatt. When I started reading the book I had the same old attitute...this is going to be boring because it's a training book. Boy was I way off. This book is amazing. Mike is wonderful storyteller that captivates you into wanting to read more and more and more. This book and all of Mikes books would be an asset to your collection. We have shared this book with many and all have been very impressed. Mike takes you into understanding your dog, the land, basically your life and makes you want to be a better person as he has learned to be from the dogs. In over 30 years in working with dogs Mike has not lost his passion. He is truely an inspiration. Keep up the great work Mike.
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Summary: Obedience and Field Training a Hunting Dog
Review: One of the few books I've seen on upland training of retreivers. The training program is based upon a strong background of obedience training so behavior in the field can be controlled without the use of electric collars. The author is a supporter of letting the dog learn to hunt in the dog's own way. Supports lots of introduction to birds, particularly wild birds. About 30% of the book is personal stories and experiences. It's always a challenge to find a book on training for both upland and retreiving. My personal favorites are Hunt Close by Jerome Robinson and Training your Pointer and Spaniel by Mike Sutsos for upland and James L. Free's classic Training Your Retreiver. Still, I enjoyed this book and found a lot of good techniques and suggestions.
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Summary: Obedience and Field Training a Hunting Dog
Review: One of the few books I've seen on upland training of retreivers. The training program is based upon a strong background of obedience training so behavior in the field can be controlled without the use of electric collars. The author is a supporter of letting the dog learn to hunt in the dog's own way. Supports lots of introduction to birds, particularly wild birds. About 30% of the book is personal stories and experiences. It's always a challenge to find a book on training for both upland and retreiving. My personal favorites are Hunt Close by Jerome Robinson and Training your Pointer and Spaniel by Mike Sutsos for upland and James L. Free's classic Training Your Retreiver. Still, I enjoyed this book and found a lot of good techniques and suggestions.
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Summary: The best gun dog training book ever
Review: This book is brilliant. It takes you all the way from your new puppy to an happy active shooting dog. The training program explained in this book I've seen in person. IT WORKS. Mike is the most brilliant person I've ever met around dogs and with people he's genuine and sincere. I encourage everyone to read this book and take in as much of this progam as possible.
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Summary: You, your dog, and freedom...
Review: This book is sometimes a little disturbing to those dog enthusiasts who insist on having constant control over their dogs. You know the type...the guys who are constantly tootling on a whistle to get their dogs to quarter 25 yards away from them. Those are the same guys who strap a shock collar on their dogs before they even let them out of the kennel. Mike's training methods are difficult for those fellows to understand. For them, a perfect day is to flush and kill every bird that they see. After all, with their insistence on total control, they may only see three or four birds in a day. Mike sees it in a totally different way. For him, the perfect day is to flush 40 or 50 birds, pass up shots on a dozen or more, and put two or three in the bag. He will often let his dogs range as far as 300 or 400 yards away, and yes, he gets plenty of shooting. He loves dogs and he loves nature. He would much rather form a team with his dog so that the two of them work in concert with one another, with rarely a word spoken or a whistle blown...and certainly not a knock-down, drag-out battle with the handler screaming at the dog and jolting the hell out of an unwilling dog with a shock collar. Not that Mike lets his dogs run wild. Far from it. His obedience techniques are without peer. If it sounds like fun to you to spend a lot of time with your best friend--your dog--and do it in peace and quiet, then this is the book for you. Just be willing to open your mind and try Mike's revolutionary training techniques. It's a lot of fun.
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Summary: Best training manual for dogs on the market
Review: This is by far the best training manual for sporting dogs on the market today. The author not only takes you there but shows you step by step how it is done. If you follow his instructions and do not end up with the best shooting companion and friend....well you had better just give up bird hunting as you just are not suited for it
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