The Working Springer Spaniel
Author(s): Keith Erlandson
Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, The Working Springer Spaniel includes individual chapters on the origins of the springer; obtaining a spaniels puppy; hip and eye tests; pre-training procedures; training equipment; dogging guns and ammunition; early obedience lessons; steadiness to dummies and introduction to retrieving; introducing the gun; retrieving real game; hunting and steadiness to game; a breakdown of game scent; dropping to shot; blind retrieves; jumping; water work; walking to heal; artificial lines; punishment; soft and hard mouths; the principles and practicalities of breeding; field trials in Britain, USA, Canada, and Europe; the working cocker; woodcock and cocking spaniels.The book is essential reading for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a working springer or cocker spaniel.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Swan Hill Press
- : Swan Hill Press
- : 31 October 2002
- : 1.06 Inches X 9.5 Inches X 6.5 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Keith Erlandson
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 256