The Labrador Shooting Dog: Training the Labrador Retriever as an All-Around Sporting Dog

by Mike Gould

A welcome departure from the prevailing methods of hunting-dog training, this guide explores more humane, spiritual, and effective Labrador retriever training techniques. Hunters are led from the beginning—selecting a puppy for athleticism, “birdyness,” conformation, intelligence, and personality—to understanding factors such as habitat, terrain, scenting conditions, and bird behavior. The end result is a happy, powerful, poised, and enthusiastic gun dog that can handle any challenge, including quail, grouse, doves, geese, ducks, and even wild turkeys.

Genres: Dogs

303 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 1999

Reviews

[Andrew Wayment]

Good book to use to train any kind of bird dog, not just Labrador Retrievers.

[Kirsi]

This book's training method was new for me and it made me think is this more punishing than rewarding... anyway is good to read different training ways even I'm not agreed with all.

[Ryan]

The best book on the conformation of Labs and how to train the bet Shooting Lab ever.