Tarrant Trains Gun Dogs: Humane Way to Get Top Results

by Bill Tarrant, Foster Bailey, Butch Goodwin

Book Overview

This is the first book on training gun dogs ever specifically written to remove the whip from the trainer's hand. Through these pages, you'll learn how to train a class gun dog with humanity,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811717232
• ISBN13: 9780811717236
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

tarrant trains gun dogs is a "must have" for all bird dog owners

we already own this book, and had good success with it training a brittany and a field springer. we thought it would be the perfect gift for friends who are first time dog owners (lab retriever), whether the dog will be used for bird hunting or only as a household pet. lots of good advice.

Must Read Book for Gun Dog Owners

This is a GREAT book for anyone raising and planning to train their own gun dog. Five statrs from me!!

not just for field trials

Thank you, Mr. Tarrant. This book helped me to understand the simple ways and reasons of how to train a dog to become a gun dog. His methods are softer than most recommend and it is helping me with my non-conventional breed by leaps and bounds. Instead of overpowering my dog, he learns from his own mistakes and none of the training methods or suggestions leave lasting injuries either mental or physically. I have made great progress in my training endeavor for a "gun dog" and probably more than with any other book. I don't want to rush my dog, I want him to become part of me and me part of him. This book offers that. This book does not focus on trials or on the technicality of trials. It focuses on the fact that a dog must be a hunter to actually work in a real field where the winner brings home the bird. It is an easy read and will likely bring tears to your eyes. It is a dog, a pal, a friend not a stereo and these are not stereo instructions.

it's very human

it is really a very interresting book, i've read it several times, and it teaches you how to train the dog in a very smooth and soft way, i have used all the training items shown in the book , and it really worked great, but the main problem in this training procedure is that it takes a lot of time for the dog to start pointing, and in many cases you will need assistance in this book's techniques.