GUNDOG TRAINING MADE EASY: WITH TONY PRICE OF TAWNYHILL GUNDOGS. Written by Robert Hardy.

# 2003 1st edition. 4to (178 x 247mm). Pp157. Colour photographs. Laminated boards, issued with dust-wrapper.

# "Anyone with a modicum of patience and the ability to think on their feet can train a gundog to an enviable standard." Tony Price, Tawny Hill Gundogs, shows how its done. "Not only will you gain knowledge and a useful shooting aid in the process. You will gain a companion, a partner, whose very presence adds pleasure and variety to the day's sport. A gundog will open up to you a whole new aspect of the shooting day. The finer points of hunting and scent, the feeling of achievement at retrieving game that might otherwise have been lost, all this cannot be achieved with the gun alone." Chapters include: Introduction: Philosophy of gundog training, what dog's for me?, dog or bitch; Kenneling; Training equipment; Choosing a puppy, including assessment, tail action and docking, final choice; Play training, including assessing your pup, the bold dog, the soft dog, leads, vehicles, commands; Basic training; More advanced work including exercises involving live rabbits and shotguns, jumping, water; A testing time, in the field - the beating line, the roughshooter, why drop to shot?, to run in or not?, no-slip retrievers, picking up, scenting conditions, after the shoot day; Maintaining control, advanced training, tests and trials.