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Table of Contents
Total Retriever Marking

 

SIDEBARS THROUGHOUT MANUAL

-- Cues, Commands, Releases
-- Throwing Marks
-- Having the Gun Help
-- Gunner Assistance
-- Simple Marks and the Factors 
-- No-Cheating Marks
-- Moving a Dog at Your Side
-- Mechanics of Running a Dog
-- How Much Correction?
-- Attrition
-- Behind the Gun
-- Therapy Marks
-- Go-Stop-Come
-- The Retired Gun Conundrum
-- Building a Marking Concept
-- To Repeat or Not To Repeat
-- Building a Secondary
    Selection -- Concept

 

TAPE ONE -- PUPPY THROUGH BASICS

Introduction to
Puppy through Basics


Progressing on Land
-- Introduction to Retrieving
-- Introduction to Gunner-thrown
    Marks
-- Yard Multiples
-- Walking Singles
-- Singles Off Multiple Guns 
-- Introduction to Retired and
    Hidden Guns 
-- Teaching Doubles 
-- Progressing on Doubles 
-- Delayed Triple

Progressing on Water 
-- Introduction to Water Retrieves 
-- Introduction with Gunner-thrown
    Marks 
-- Stretching Them Out 
-- Simple Re-entries 
-- Conventional De-cheating 
-- Simple Water Doubles 
Evening Discussion 
-- Right Start for Puppies 
-- Use of Eyes and Nose 
-- Scent Discrimination 
-- Types of Birds and Bumpers 
-- Gun Shyness 
-- Steadiness 
-- Standards at the Line 
-- Noise at Line 
-- Lack of Birdiness 
-- Aggressive Bird Handling 
-- Camouflage vs White on Guns 
-- Introduction of Collar in Field 
-- Progressing on Water Before
    De-cheating 
-- Evaluating Potential of
    Young Dogs 
-- Physical Evaluation of
    Young Dogs

 

TAPE TWO -- TRANSITION

Progressing on Water 
-- Cheating Singles 
-- Re-entry Cheating Singles 
-- Cheaters as Memory Birds 

Progressing on Land

Evening Discussion 
-- 2-Sided Heeling 
-- Desire (and Fire) 
-- Use of Flyers 
-- Attrition 
-- Note Taking 
-- Cover Cheating 
-- Training Sequences 
-- Use of Hand and Other Cues

 

TAPE THREE -- ADVANCED

Land Set-Ups
-- Long Retired Gun Double
-- Long retired Gun Triple
-- Secondary Selection 
-- JP Triple 
-- Pre-Trial Triple

Water Set-Ups 
-- Retired Gun Down the Shore 
-- Eraser Bird Triple 
-- Bulldog Triple 
-- Stupid Water Quad 
-- Long Retired Gun

Evening Discussion
-- White Coats and Hunt Tests 
-- Testing vs Training 
-- Connection of Blind Retrieve
    and Marking Training 
-- Praise 
-- When to Help, Handle, Call Back
-- Readiness for Competition 
-- Trial or Test Scheduling 
-- Natural Marking 

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