Best dog book

There is a lot of myth surrounding dog training. Without a doubt there have been tremendous advances in dog training dogs since the days of Richard Wolters. Wolters was a dog writer. Training programs put out by people like Evan Graham, and others, are done by dog trainers. My preference is Mike Lardy's. You cannot train and handle dogs to five National Filed Championships and be "heavy handed" or abusive to the animals.2

While I haven't seen it I suspect Evan Graham's program is better suited to novice dog trainer.

Whichever book/program you choose it is the trainer the trains the dog. I have yet to see a book or DVD train a dog!

Ultimately, it is your dog and you need to train it the way you are most comfortable with.

Have fun with your dog,

Tom
 
I just came across this: http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/showthread.php?t=829824

Timing may be just right for you!

Tom
 
Paul
I have got a Enlishish dog she is 9 months old, Drakeshead usha, known to many on the forum as Amber
I would recamend the Drakeshead training DVD,s and John the guy on the DVD,s is the England gundog captain and he has won the gundog chapionships about 5 times or more and his wife sandra has won it 3 times and John has trained the only british dog to win it 3 years running and the record has never been broken. Check their website out www.Drakeshead.co.uk. .
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
 
All I had was all three Wolter's books (Water Dog, Gun Dog and Game Dog) donated by my brother and a properly bred dog. There is one big difference that I blew off in his books. That is I wanted a pet too, not just a hunting dog. She lived in the house. She started her training at 6 weeks with her breeder and I continued. I sent her to intro to birds and guns at 6 months and she came back a lunatic (In a positive way). She was almost a finished retriever at 6 months, but without any pressure what so ever. I suggest if you are training yourself that you find some birds to introduce to the training. It increases the drive 10 fold. Frozen pigeons worked great when she was a pup. At 1, she was pretty much ready for hunt tests with my own training, but she could be unsteady and lacked disclipline. I tried to enforce a little myself, but found that it ready bummed her out. (Probably really just me) I found a trainer who agreed to force fetch and run her through test scenarios at a reduced schedule (What I could afford). He was a judge and trainer and complimented my dog for the level of training I had developed from those books. When I picked her up in 4 weeks, she was even better. 1 weeks of forcing and discipline followed by three solid weeks of birds in the mouth and water training were what she needed to steady her right up.

Knowing your dog is important. The most important clues are excitement and drive. Keep those high and you can progress like there is no tomorrow. If I had to do it all over, I don't know that I would proceed any different. (That includes having someone else force fetch.) My dog is an awesome water and upland game dog. She is killer on the grouse in the woods too. She is a good pet and the grandkids have all pulled every part you can pull with nary a word, just a "Why Me" look. Only other thing I did different, and I have gotten grief for it, is I do not pay much attention to the dog in the house. The house is where she is a pet and in the domain of my wife and kids. She gets all she needs from them. But let me grab a whistle and take her outside, and she turns into the lunatic that I love.

I'll bet almost any dog book will work.
 
You might find some good info here.

http://www.duckhillkennels.com/forums/

I got a lot of help from Robert Milner's methods and ideas.
 
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