Tom Dokken's Advanced Retriever Training: The Complete Guide to Developing Your Hunting Dog

Tom Dokken's Advanced Retriever Training: The Complete Guide to Developing Your Hunting Dog by Dokken, Tom. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781440234538.

Many hunters consider their retrievers to be "polished" if the dog sits, stays, retrieves marked singles and wont run off. However, retrievers of every breed have so much potential. This book condenses Toms 40-plus years of dog training into a concise, easy-to-follow guide that helps you unlock the magic within your retriever. Working at your own pace, and with vivid visual instructions, youll learn how to teach your dog honoring, multiple marked retrieves, blind retrieves over land and water, and much more. Arguable Americas best-known retriever trainer, Tom as four-plus decades of experience turning retrievers into successful hunt-test competitors, field-trail participants and great hunting companions. He operates Dokkens Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield, Minn., which is also one of the countrys largest all-breed hunting dog training facilities. He also creates the popular Dokkens Dreadfowl Trainer dummy, which is designed to teach dogs the proper hold on game birds.