Description
Tom Dokken’s Training: The Complete Guide to Developing Your Hunting Dog
Tom Dokken has more than 30 years of experience turning retrievers into successful field trial competitors, hut test participants, waterfowling companions and upland bird finders.
Tom is the creator of the popular Dokken Deadfowl Trainer, and Dokkens Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, MN., is one of the largest all-breed hunting dog training facilities in the United States.
A 255 pages, full-color illustrations and photos.
Contents:
- 1. A Primer on Puppies
- 2. Socializing Your Puppy
- Preschool, 7-12 Weeks
- 3. Early Puppy Training
- Elementary School, 1st Semester, 12-20 Weeks
- 4. Exercises to Build on
- Elementary School, 2nd Semester, 12-20 Weeks
- 5. Introduction to Birds and Guns
- Middle School, 5-6 Months
- 6. Formalizing Obedience
- Junior High School, 1st Semester, 6-7 Months
- 7. Upland Hunting Skills
- Junior High School, 2nd Semester, 6-7 Months
- 8. Welcome to Waterfowling
- Junior High School, 2nd Semester, 6-7 Months
- 9. Force-Fetching
- High School, 1st Semester, 7-8 Months
- 10. The Remote Collar
- High School, 2nd Semester, 8 to 9 Months
- 11. Advanced Retrieving
- Last month of high school! 9-12 Months
- 12. Real World Considerations
- In-the-field advice for hunting with any age retriever
- 13. Training to Handle
- Post-Graduate Work – After the first hunting season
