Training Flow Chart
Overview of yard work skills and parallel marking development

Basics
"The Right Start"
"Basic Obedience"
"Force Fetch"
"Stick Fetch and Simple
 Casting"
"Collar Conditioning"
"After Collar Conditioning"
"Pile Work"
"Double T"
"The Swim-By"

Transition
"Pattern Blinds"
"More Transition"
"Water Cheating"
"Introduction to Cold
 Blinds"
"Drills for Transition"

Advanced
"Advanced Training and
 the Factors"
 

Other Topics
"Steadiness"
"Introduction to Retired
 and Hidden Guns"
"Guidelines for
 Correction"

Feature Columns
"Field Trials, Hunt Tests,
 and Gun Dogs: Are They
 in Conflict?"
"Buying a Started Dog"
"7 Days in November"
"The E-Collar:
 A Response"

All articles in this manual were
originally published in Retriever Journal. 
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