Hunting Dogs

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tells all you need to know ab^t hunting dogs. The :: - pooled their vast knowledge to help you choose the best
M and train him to achieve the best that's in him. |ney descrite a j~ate" the different breeds of pointing dogs, retrievers, flushers, and f/^ explaining the fine points to look for in each, how different dogi comqa^ different types of game, what breed to choose for specializ hunting. They outline the steps in training a hunting dog frc and they prescribe the best diet, housing, and health care. There is exte information on heredity and breeding, on mating dogs and raising aa^tej And for those who want to test their dogs in competition, the chL trials explain the rules governing contests for the main classes book is illustrated with many photos of dogs in action and drawings showing obedience training methods, kennels, and runs.
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about the authors
F. Philip Rice grew up in Bartelsville, Oklahoma, and has hunted game birds in the prairie states and in Maine. Before... Tovább

Fülszöveg

tells all you need to know ab^t hunting dogs. The :: - pooled their vast knowledge to help you choose the best
M and train him to achieve the best that's in him. |ney descrite a j~ate" the different breeds of pointing dogs, retrievers, flushers, and f/^ explaining the fine points to look for in each, how different dogi comqa^ different types of game, what breed to choose for specializ hunting. They outline the steps in training a hunting dog frc and they prescribe the best diet, housing, and health care. There is exte information on heredity and breeding, on mating dogs and raising aa^tej And for those who want to test their dogs in competition, the chL trials explain the rules governing contests for the main classes book is illustrated with many photos of dogs in action and drawings showing obedience training methods, kennels, and runs.
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about the authors
F. Philip Rice grew up in Bartelsville, Oklahoma, and has hunted game birds in the prairie states and in Maine. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a civil engineer for an oil Ci^pany and a professor of education and religion at colleges in North Dakota and Maine. He ;now lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. His other books include America's Favorite Fishing, Game Bird Hunting (with John I. Dahl), and the Outdoor Life Gun Data Book.
John I. Dahl got his early hunting experience in Minnesota, attended between the ages of eight and twenty by an Irish setter he describes as "the best natural pheasant dog I have ever hunted over." An interest in painting led to a career in art, and he has taught at two colleges. He jjjecentiy resigned from teaching^o
devote full time to running a fljgrisii^ ing kennel business in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Vissza