9780811707145 - Gun-Dog Training Pointing Dogs: Care and Training of all Pointing Breeds von Roebuck, Kenneth C. (8 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Stackpole Books, 1983. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 216mm). Pp183. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine & upper board titled in black. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Solid, practical advice on the care and training of all pointing breeds. This book gives your puppy the right start with sound basics in the first formative weeks of training and then moves on to more advanced lessons, including quartering, staunchness and steadiness to wing and shot". Chapters include: Selecting your dog - choice of breed, picking a puppy, considering a trained dog, feeding, humanising; Choice of housing - your home or a kennel, house training, making or buying a dog run, building a doghouse; Equipment - training-kit list, the check line, the quail call-back pen, electronic training devices; Starting right - the psychological approach, list of commands, first points, the leash and walking to heel, the recall, introduction to the gun, introduction to water; Initial training - observations on steadiness, when to start, the 'whoa' command and stoping to whistle, quartering, retrieving dummies, steadiness to shot; Faults - fear of the gun, hard mouth, retrieve problems and forced training, blinking, flagging on point; Use of birds in training - quail and chukar partridge, pigeons, pheasants, bird planting and release cages; Advanced training - pointing and staunchness, steadiness to wing, retrieving birds, backing another dog, the 'sit' and the 'down', retrieving from water; Hunting your dog - first trips afield, working dogs at a shooting preserve. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 216mm). Pp183. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine & upper board titled in black. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. "Solid, practical advice on the care and training of all pointing breeds. This book gives your puppy the right start with sound basics in the first formative weeks of training and then moves on to more advanced lessons, including quartering, staunchness and steadiness to wing and shot". Chapters include: Selecting your dog - choice of breed, picking a puppy, considering a trained dog, feeding, humanising; Choice of housing - your home or a kennel, house training, making or buying a dog run, building a doghouse; Equipment - training-kit list, the check line, the quail call-back pen, electronic training devices; Starting right - the psychological approach, list of commands, first points, the leash and walking to heel, the recall, introduction to the gun, introduction to water; Initial training - observations on steadiness, when to start, the 'whoa' command and stoping to whistle, quartering, retrieving dummies, steadiness to shot; Faults - fear of the gun, hard mouth, retrieve problems and forced training, blinking, flagging on point; Use of birds in training - quail and chukar partridge, pigeons, pheasants, bird planting and release cages; Advanced training - pointing and staunchness, steadiness to wing, retrieving birds, backing another dog, the 'sit' and the 'down', retrieving from water; Hunting your dog - first trips afield, working dogs at a shooting preserve. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 192 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.