Tom Dokken's Retriever/Advanced Retriever Training Books

Description

RETRIEVER TRAINING:
Tom Dokken's Retriever Training Book is the Complete Guide to Developing your Hunting Dog. Tom Dokken has more than 30 years of experience turning retrievers into successful field trial competitors, hunt test participants, waterfowling companions and upland bird finders. His business, Dokken's Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, Minnesota, is one of the largest all-bread hunting dog training facilities in the United States. Tom is also well-know as the creator of the popular Dokken's Deadfowl training dummy, which he designed to help teach dogs the proper hold on game birds. Tom is well respected in the hunting industry and currently is a field pro-staff advisor for SportDog Electronics, Federal Premium Ammunition, Purina Dog Foods and Retrieve Dog Supplements.
This book is meant to help you from the day you decide to bring home a new puppy with the expectation of training it to be a finished hunting retriever. Whether you completely train the dog yourself, have it professionally trained or some of each, this book will guide you through all the easy to understand steps in making your dog a accomplished hunting companion.
ADVANCED RETRIEVER TRAINING:
Many hunters consider their retrievers to be "polished" if the dog sits, stays, retrieves marked singles and won't run off. However, retrievers of every breed have so much more potential. This book condenses Tom's 40-plus years of dog training into a concise, easy-to-follow guide that helps you unlock the magic within your retriever. Working at your own pace, and with vivid visual instructions, you'll learn how to teach your dog honoring, multiple marked retrieves, blind retrieves over land and water, and much more.
Chapters:
Equipment for the Serious Trainer
Advanced Obedience and Force Fetch
Lining Drills and Advanced Back Command
First Blind Retrieve
Advanced Marked Retrieves, Honoring and Other Waterfowl Skills
Multiple Retrieves
Advanced Upland Skills
Retriever Safety Tips
About the Author:
Tom Dokken has more than 40 years of experience turning retrievers into successful field trial competitors, hunt test participants, waterfowling companions, and upland bird finders. Tom is the creator of the popular Dokken Deadfowl Trainer, and Dokken's Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, MN, is one of the largest all-breed hunting dog training facilities in the United States.
Tom Dokken has many talents, the greatest of which is his ability to take your happy, untrained dog and, weeks later, return to you a trained companion that's still happy.
--Ron Schara
Host of Pheasants Forever and Minnesota Bound Television
Anyone who has attended one of Tom's seminars knows he is a hands-on trainer, beginning with handling your puppy on the very first day. This book provides a well-illustrated, step-by-step program to develop your pup into a willing and happy retriever.
--Rick Van Etten
Editor, Gun Dog Magazine