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Retriever Training CenterBefore Going to a Professional - An Interview with Amy Dahl by: Steve Stevenson
Before a professional trainer can effectively train your pup, you’d be well advised to get a bit of training yourself. By doing a thorough job of getting to know your pro, preparing your pup correctly and understanding a few guidelines for participation in the training program, you can make the most of this significant investment of time and money.(Read...) |
SpanielsOnline.com Training CenterTraining Spaniels for Upland Game by: David Krassler
All outdoor enthusiasts who take the sport of small game hunting seriously know the value that is put on having a well-bred gundog with them during the long awaited hunting season. The fact is without a good dog you may as well leave your shotgun at home and spend the day by taking a walk in the park. (Read...) |
Waterfowl HuntingLate Season Waterfowling by: R. Michael DiLullo
The demands of late season waterfowling on both hunter and dog requires prior planning, some specialized equipment and a bit of determination. But, the rewards of a late season hunt can be very productive, if you are prepared.(Read...) |
Innotek Training CenterTeaching Backing by: George Hickox
In the world of fine pointing dogs, a gentleman’s shooting dog is expected to back, or honor, the point of its brace mates. A dog that fails to back another’s point and rushes in to bust a bird or steal a point is the equivalent of a street urchin eating caviar with his fingers at a black tie affair. Many a re-invite has been forfeited due to an ill-mannered pointing dog that refused to back.(Read...) |
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Fish RecipesBefore Going to a Professional - An Interview with Amy Dahl by: Steve Stevenson
Before a professional trainer can effectively train your pup, you’d be well advised to get a bit of training yourself. By doing a thorough job of getting to know your pro, preparing your pup correctly and understanding a few guidelines for participation in the training program, you can make the most of this significant investment of time and money.(Read...) |
Food and Nutrition CenterThe Relationship Between Training and Diet An animal’s diet should be carefully adapted to changes in training: rest period: high-quality maintenance food, adapted to the size of the dog; training period: gradual progression to a working ration (transitions over a week for each modification) or increasing addition of a working dog’s dietary supplement to the maintenance ration: racing period: the added stress to the work may call for additional nutritional adaptations. Quantitatively, the ration is adapted to the change in the weight of the animal. post-training period: gradual return to the maintenance diet (Read...) |
The Ten Commandments of Proper Feeding In 1985, Professor R. Wolter of the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire of Alfort, France, formulated his “ten commandments” for feeding dogs. These ten rules, reproduced in part below, will help dog owners avoid the most common errors with regard to the practical aspects of feeding dogs.
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