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GUN DOG DVD Richard A. Wolters Trains Retrievers |  | Category: DVD
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Seller: huntingtrix
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Sales Rank: 40117
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UPC: 053038350241
EAN: 0053038350241
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Product Description
RICHARD A. WOLTERS Trains Retrievers DVD
"You can have a Wolters trained retriever!"
The only video featuring the master, the late Richard A. Wolters. This two-hour program is a clear step-by-step guide to developing any of the popular retriever breeds. Starts with a seven-week old pup, through polished field companion.
From the back cover:
Richard a. Wolters shows the viewer what he's been telling his readers for more than 20 years - how to train a hunting retriever. His methods emphasize helping a well-bred retriever learn to utilize the instincts and intelligence he was born with, rather than making him into a robot that merely follows commands. This two-hour program is a clear, concise, step-by-step guide to developing any of the popular retriever breeds from a seven-week-old pup into a finished hunting companion. A retriever trained by Wolters' methods works with you as well as for you.
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Good Read March 9, 2010
C. Nieman (KY)
It has been a long time since I trained a dog, and do not consdier myself an expert by any means so I purchased the book Gun Dog. I read the book and then purchased the video tape Gun Dog. The training instructions and rationale for them were clear and make sense. I am training my dog now. The tape provides some visual re-enforcement for the new trainer and also shows you exactly what these dogs are capable of achieving. The author gives me a game plan I can have confidence in pursuing the get the result I am looking for with my dog.
It is important to note that Wolter's goals here are to give you:
1.) An excellent well behaved companion-family dog.
2.) A dog the can hunt (upland&waterfowl)and retrieve reliably every time.
He differentiates this from dog owners who want to own field trial dogs.
I would recommend Gun Dog...the book and video tape.
CN
Happiness is getting it right with your dog January 28, 2009
Terrence Walsh (Fairfax, VA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This video is an ideal companion to Richard Wolters' book, Gun Dog. The book gives the background--I learned a lot. But when you add the video the lightbulb really comes on. Actually watching a young dog follow directions is great for several reasons.
1. "I wouldn't have believed it possible..." but now you know it is.
2. Getting a realistic sense of the rhythm and pace of the communications between the dog and the dog's handler.
3. "Oh the poor dog, making him do all that..." but then you see the enthusiasm--the joy, really--and you see that here is a dog fulfilling the purpose for which retrievers were bred. It sure looks like a happy dog.
But let's go back to #2. People with just a small background in handling their dog really need a sense of the rhythm of communcation. A dog is not a lightbulb. You don't just flip the "SIT" switch and poof, there it is. Sometimes it is like that, with an enthusiastic dog. You know, enthusiasm is like sunshine--great when you have it, but what about when it's raining? That dog has a mind of it's own. It's pretty intelligent or you wouldn't invest in the relationship, right? So there's a rhythm to the relationship. If it's to be a good relationship, then two-way respect will show in the communications.
This video shows a master trainer and some great dogs. Watch carefully--he's not perfectly textbook. Neither are the dogs. But compared to the dogs down the street, this is like watching the Olympics.
Do your dog a favor. Get this vid. Watch it. You'll be anxious to get out the door and try it.
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