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Title: Best Way to Train Your Gun Dog : The Delmar Smith Method by Bill Tarrant ISBN: 0-679-50750-7 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 12 June, 1977 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: First-rate, a classic, the "bible" of bird dog training.
Comment: Bill Tarrant followed Delmar Smith around the world for years studying his dog training methods before writing this book. As the Gun Dog Editor for Field and Stream, and as a man who had interviewed every sporting dog trainer in America, Tarrant knew Smith to be the the best dog trainer alive. Tarrant was amazed at Smith's gentle and country-wise methods that worked without hitting, striking or kicking the dog, or in any other way hurting him or dampening the dog's enthusiasm. Smith's comtemporaries in the field of bird dog training were known for their common use of brute force to train dogs. Delmar Smith says of his inhumane peers, "People who've gotta use those things don't have no fertilizer in their plot. They're stunted." Tarrant goes on to say, "And that's why Delmar's the best friend a dog ever had. He's proven a humane trainer can win on a sometimes inhumane circuit. ... Delmar figures God put dogs here to work--and man! Getting them to work together is Delmar's genius."
The many reprintings of this book since it's original appearance in 1977 proves Tarrant's assessment of Smith is correct: "In every game there's a man who knows it all. And in every game there's a man who tells all he knows. How rare to find both men one and the same. We do in Delmar."
Multitudes of dog owners use this book as their "bible." Copies of the book that are old, page worn and falling apart from constant use, are often presented to Delmar for his autograph at his kennels in Edmond, Oklahoma, or in his travels around the Country.
The book is delightful, full of humor and insight into Delmar Smith, a genuine character and great lover of animals; and a man of incalculable wisdom about the natural world. A must read for all bird dog owners, and for anyone who wants to know more about a dog's natural ability to search and find, and to work at complex tasks with a human partner.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Way to Train Your Dog : The Delmar Smith Method
Comment: I hunt quail in South Texas with pointers and setters. Next fall will mark my 35th hunting year; hunting behind birddogs. I currently own 3 Elhew pointers and 2 English Setters. Over the last 35 years I have had the pleasure to share my life and quail hunting adventures with well over 40 dogs, mostly pointers. Mr. Tarrant has put into words the wisdom of a man who not only understands birddogs but reinforces the common sense psycology of dog training. This book explains exactly what every bird hunter who hunts over a brace of dogs needs to read each year prior to bird season. Not only are the methods humane they are eaisly understood by the dog, which is the most important element in dog training and bird hunting. Mr. Delmar Smith is to dog training as what Thomas Edision was to the light bulb. I wish Delmar was still conducting training seminars; the next best thing is reading this book !
Rating: 5
Summary: informative and funny
Comment: This is my first time owning and training a gun dog. I purchased and read this book before I bought my puppy. I was skeptical but Delmar's methods DO work. This book set the basis for what others would try to teach me later-- and I was able to share information with them as well. My dog performed at an early age as a result of Delmar's advice. You have to be able to go along with the writing style -- which I found quite humorous and much more fun to read than a text book. A great addition to any library!
_little girl with big dog
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Title: Training Pointing Dogs by Paul Long ISBN: 0941130088 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: How to Help Gun Dogs Train Themselves: Taking Advantage of Early Conditioned Learning by Joan Bailey, H. Minns, John K. Lundberg ISBN: 0963012711 Publisher: Swan Valley Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training by Jerome B. Robinson ISBN: 1585741264 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gun Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method by Richard A. Wolters ISBN: 0525245499 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: June, 1961 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Speed Train Your Own Bird Dog by Larry Mueller ISBN: 0811723046 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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