Training a Young Pointer

by Joseph Healy

Overview

The story of a bird dog's early years, showing how an owner selects a pup and finds a trainer. Tips on housebreaking, socialization, basic commands, field training, whistle training and ranging methods, types of training collars, using a check cord, release and fetch commands. Interviews and insights with longtime pointing-dog owners, trainers, and other experts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811746021
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2005
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Joseph Healy is an avid upland-bird hunter and fly fisherman. He has worked as an editor at Outdoor Life, Fly Tyer, and Saltwater Fly Fishing and has written for the Miami Herald and other publications. The editor-in-chief of Vermont Magazine, he lives in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Pointers on Pointers 8

Chapter 2 The Early Life of Reilly 19

Chapter 3 An Introduction to a Professional Hunting-Dog Trainer 29

Chapter 4 Mornings with John Offerman Learning His Training Plan 33

Chapter 5 First-Year Pointer Training Begins in Earnest 38

Chapter 6 Reilly and Me on the Road 42

Chapter 7 Using a Check Cord to Break the Breaks 48

Chapter 8 Obedience Training and the Power of the Point 53

Chapter 9 For the Love of a Hunting Dog 56

Chapter 10 Working on Steady to Wing and Shot 60

Chapter 11 Home from the Trainer's 64

Chapter 12 Have Travel Trailer, Will Travel-Out into New Coverts 71

Chapter 13 Late-Fall Hunting with Dad and Reilly 82

Chapter 14 Getting Through Winter; Losing a Friend 90

Chapter 15 Starting a New Chapter in Pointer Training-The Second Year 93

Chapter 16 Lessons on Training a Pointing Dog 102

Chapter 17 Learning from a Pro, John Hayes at Kirby Mountain Kennels 111

Afterword 122

Bibliography 131