NEED TO FIND DOG TRAINING BOOK

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NEED TO FIND DOG TRAINING BOOK

Postby TDHJW » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:13 am

do anyone know what the most popular book for training a dog is? NEED HELP!!
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most popular?

Postby chance » Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:51 am

You mean the one that has all the answers? Lotta good ones around. What are you looking for? Specifics or a full puppy to adult training regimen?
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Postby Chuckle12 » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:06 am

Robert Milner's book Back to the Basics. :shock: hehehe

j/k, there was a heated debate over that book some time ago. I used it, but used some other techniques as well. I'm sure someone around here will be able to give you the heads up on which book is worth the read.
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Postby skuna » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:17 am

Milner's first book was better in my opinion than the first. I also liked Vic Barrlow's book "british retriever training". I have heard alot of good things about the ten minute retriever but have not read it myself. One thing is for sure there are plenty to choose from.
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Postby Meeka » Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:59 am

I haven't made it through British retriever Training yet, but I do not think it is as instructive as either Water Dog or Training Your retriever by James Lamb Free, which I am in now. Even though it was written a long, long time go, it is the best in my mind. It is more detailed. It is not an electronic method manual. An Amazon link is pasted below, I think:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books
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Postby skuna » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:34 am

Overstock.com usually has some good prices on training books but there's not a ton to choose from either.
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Postby JimAire » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:12 pm

Take a look at http://www.wildrosetradingcompany.com and click on training books. You can order the Vic Barlow book and the Milner books there as well as others.
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Postby goosebruce » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:53 pm

You could buy a dog training book from a writer, or you could buy a dog training book from a dog trainer. One will have better prose.

10 minute retreiver, john and amy dahl. They are professional retreiver trainers, whom happen to write

Dobbs tritronices book, by jim and phyllis dobbs. They are professional dog trainers (retreivers, s&r, bomb, you name it), whom happen to write and do live seminars where they actually train dogs.

Evan Grahams Smartworks series, by Evan Graham. He was a professional dog trainer, a successful field trialer, and a writer as well.

Milner was a professional retreiver trainer, and dabbled at field trials when he wrote his first book. Years later, once he didn't train for the public, and had long since given up any chance at field trials, he came out with a second book that reselmbles nothing in the first. Draw your own conclusions about that I suppose.

Whatever book you choose, choose one and stick with it. Mixxing and matching something you might not understand all of, is not a good ideal and leads to holes in a dog. travis
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Postby aythia valisineria » Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:31 pm

I would go with the Evan Graham books!!

http://www.coonriverkennels.com

you can buy them at the above link
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Postby lab-dog 4 » Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:33 pm

check out http://www.gundogsupply.com, they had a traning book on sale a few days ago. lab-dog

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