Building A Retriever: Drills and More By Carol F Cassity
Building A Retriever - Drills & More, Third Edition book presents over forty-eight training drills useful in developing young to advanced retrievers for the field or competition. Each drill is outlined with a materials list, procedure, purpose, problem/solution table and a diagram. There is also a best practices section that explains training principles that can be used with any retriever training program to help develop a successful retriever trainer. Particular attention is paid to selecting drills that are within the means of most amateur trainers.
Table of contents
DRILLS:
- Holding Blind Drill
- Clockwork
- Remember Me?
- Where’s Waldo
- Swing With The Gun
- Head-Swinging Drill
- X Marking Drill
- Split X Marking Drill
- Walk-Away Marks
- Diversion Bird Drill
- Perception Marking Drill
- Double Drill
- Creamsicle
- Inline Marks
- Wipe-Out Marks
- Channel Marks
- ABCD Marking Drill
- Slot Marks
- Two-Along-The-Shore-Marks
- Ladder Blinds
- Wagon Wheel
- First Look
- Push-Pull
- Pile Work Problem and Solution Chart
- Pile Work - Baseball
- Pile Work - Back pile
- Pile Work - T Drill
- Straight Back
- Back Vs. Angle Back Drill
- Come-In Whistle Drill
- Progressive Blinds – School Blinds
- Swish Drill
- Look Far
- Blind Diversion Drill
- Cast Off
- Looking Glass
- W Drill
- MW’s Influential Lining Drill
- Three In A Row
- Bird Boy Blinds
- Over Parallel To Shore
- Holding Blind Blinds AKA KRD
- Back Parallel To Shore
- Cast Over Into Water / Through An Obstacle
- Christmas Tree Drill
- Poison Bird
- Chair Drill
- Tune Up Drill
- Split or Bucket Drill
Training Principles:
- It’s A Team Sport; Dog Training is A Marathon, Not A Sprint; A Commie Plot?
- A Mistake Does Not Equal Trouble; Read the Dog
- “Training Is Fluid”; Put It All On The Line
- You Can’t Mark What You Can’t See; Balance
- The Law of Two; “What’s The Point?”; Throw Singles, Lots of Singles
- Don’t Hide the Candy; First, The Yard; Then, The Field
- Fix It Now!; Hey - I Won!
- Slow Down!; Lack of Effort
- Last Command; A Consistent Voice
- Enjoy the Cast; Touch the Glass
- Teach, Not Test and Other Training Tidbits
- Puppy Stuff
- Definition of levels of training: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
- A Quick Word About E-Collars
- Puppy Stuff - Marking Guidelines
- Force To Pile Sidebar
- Body English Sidebar
- Help Guidelines for Marks
- List of Drills by Level of Difficulty
- Jargon
- Training Group Etiquette
- Hunt Test/Trial Etiquette
140 pages, B/W, “Magazine Bound” soft-cover, illustrated.
Building a Retriever Drills and More, Carol F Cassity Book, Retriever training book
