WORKING WITH GUN DOGS. By Hunter Adair.

2006 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Pp158. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Written by a real countryman who has worked with dogs and studied their behaviour and temperament for sixty-five years." Choosing and training your gundog, with much on the actual duties of a dog at all stages of a shoot. Chapters include: Choosing a dog; The general training of gun dogs; The initial training of gund gos; The temperament of dogs; The management of dogs; Dogs on a grouse moor; Dogs on a pheasant shoot; Finding and retrieving game; Ailments and injuries.