Training the Hunting Retriever

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Summary: A great tool
Review: I've read a half dozen gun dog books over the years and this one is by far the best. Most of the others were written in the 60's and 70's and tend to be pretty corny. The author has compiled techniques from trainers across the country and organizes them in a readable and efficiant manner. He also uses training methods designed for hunting dogs, not trial dogs, and duplicates realistic hunting situations in his training sessions.
This book impressed me so much that I bought a couple copies for two of my hunting partners so that we can all train our pups together using the same methods.

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Summary: Jerome did it the right way!
Review: Training The Hunting Retriever wasn't written by Jerome Robinson the dog trainer, it was written by Jerome Robinson the interviewer. He talked to all the reigning authorities: Omar Driskill, Jim Dobbs, D.L. Jones, Ron Mathis and others, then wrote this "interviewed" knowledge down in a beginning to advanced, easy to follow, fun to read format. Great for the beginner, first time retriever owner! You get the best of all the methods, ideologies and thechniques for training retrievers to be hunters.