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The 10-Minute Retriever: How to Make a Well-Mannered, Obedientand Enthusiastic Gun Dog in 10 Minutes a Day |  | Authors: John I. Dahl, Amy Dahl
Publisher: Willow Creek Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 136132
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1572233036
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.752735
UPC: 709786003594
EAN: 9781572233034
ASIN: 1572233036
Publication Date: May 2001
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Product Description
The 10-Minute Retriever reflects the authors' belief that daily ten-minute training sessions best suit a retriever's attention span and lead to rapid learning. This book is easy to use for the absolute beginner and yet deeply informative for the serious student of retriever training. The text has the information most needed by the owner of a pet retriever: how to make it reliable obedient and well-mannered. It also has the information for which amateur retriever trainers are clamoring: how to force fetch, how to set up tests in the field, and how to use an electric collar humanely and effectively. The emphasis of their training method is on obtaining necessary control and good manners while maximizing the dog's enthusiasm for its work by establishing training situations where the dog desires to cooperate. Primary importance is placed on developing and enhancing the desire to retrieve, from early puppyhood onward. The method presented provides a solid foundation to the dog and owner continuing to advance retrieve training (blind retrieves and competition). Concepts and methods are illustrated with true dog stories. Difference between the major breeds are described and adaptations are given for the different breed personalities.
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 Great Book May 29, 2009
R. Menday (Seattle, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you don't have much experience training dogs and want to know how to train from basic obedience commands to complex field trial skills then this is the book. I would recommend you read this book before you pick up your pup.
 Realistic Retriever November 10, 2008
Gary D (NorthCoast USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've purchased 4 videos and read at least six books on retievers and this is the one I should have bought first. This book is for the average working hunter with kids and a house -and little time left over. I've been trining 5 minutes in the AM and 10 minutes at night and the dog is really comming along.
good to average training book August 21, 2007
Patrick E. Totzke (afghanistan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is prolly the 3rd best book ive read on hunting dog training, quick and easy, give it a try
10 Minute Retriever August 6, 2007
Jean Guilbault (Canada)
I was pleased with the book until I realized that one chapter was missing. I ordered a second one and had the same problem. I also had to take the time to return the first one and kept the second one, which is still missing a chapter. Perhaps your books should be scanned after printing to avoid misprints being mailed out.
In response to B. Blazer's Spotlight Review... May 15, 2007
Brian J. Donovan (Dallas, Texas)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
How B. Blazer's review was determined to be Spotlight material baffles me. His review makes it patently obvious that he knows precisely nothing about training dogs, has never spent time with professional trainers and has never run a dog in a field trial or hunt test.
Force fetch is an essential part of training retrievers. It is the foundation upon which advanced training is based and all competitive retrievers undergo force fetch training. Yes, you create stress in the dog through the ear pinch or toe hitch because competing and hunting yield stressful situations for the dog as he works through terrain, challenging wind conditions, cold and dozens of other factors that come into play during a retrieve. A dog not trained to handle that stress will exhibit major performance issues when the going gets tough, from popping, ignoring handling or, worse, a total no-go.
To address B. Blazer's little numbered list:
1.) At no point do the authors of Ten Minute Retriever call for the use of a whip. The tool is called a heeling stick. It is never suggested that the heeling stick be used to abuse the dog. It is merely a way to extend your reach to deliver taps and swats for immediate correction of issues like breaking.
2.) At no point do the authors suggest "tying the dog's mouth shut around a dummy". For a dog who chronically spits the dummy during hold training, the authors suggest that a lead may be looped about the dogs muzzle while you reinforce the hold command verbally.
3.) I just explained ear pinch, which is one of the most common practices in retriever training, only slightly less common than...
4.) ... the electronic collar. B. Blazer seems to take exception with the verb "burn" but then goes on to claim that he is not against the "proper" use of the e-collar. The ONLY purpose of the electronic collar is to deliver an electric shock or burn unless Tri-Tronics has a new Rainbows and Unicorn Ponies model I am unaware of.
B. Blazer's conclusion that the training methods outlines in this book serve only to break a dog's spirit is one of the most pathetically laughable statements I have ever seen in an Amazon review. This books methods are straightforward, basic retriever training of the type one can find from top trainers like Danny Farmer or Mike Lardy. There is a logical progression from puppy yard drills and basic obedience through refinement of line manners, multiple marks and basic handling. The information in here will yield a solid field dog or provide a foundation for Derby work in field trials.
Like any training program, steady progression, intense repetition and, most importantly, PATIENCE are what is required. If it were impossible, as B. Blazer foolishly suggests, to both instill desire and passion for retrieving in a dog while also applying direct and indirect pressure during training, every competitive retriever in the world would be an empty husk of a dog - an assertion so baseless and without merit as to be laughable.
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