9780851155050 - Spaniels for Sport (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1969) 1988 Boydell reissue. Small 8vo (122 x 204mm). Pp136. B/w photographs, line drawings. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight soiling to end-papers else very good in slightly used and faded dust-wrapper. "A comprehensive and indispensible guide to training any animal, from a working gundog to a family pet." This is a revision of H.W. Carlton's Spaniels: Their Breaking for Sport and Field Trials (1915) and has gone into many reprints and new editions over decades. A minor classic in its field. Contents include: Part One, Psychology: Psychology before training; Spaniels for sport; The perfect spaniel; Basic requirements - standing rabbits, stamina and perserverance, steadiness, retrieving, comments. Part Two, Handtraining, early puppyhood lessons - humanization, retrieving, dropping to command and hand, dropping to fur and feather, waiting for orders before retrieving, other methods of teaching retrieving, dropping to shot, answering to whistle and 'back'. Part Three, Subsequent Training: A natural retriever is a gem beyond price; Hunting - in cover, in the open, check-cord, dropping, chasing, hunting down-wind, hunting within gunshot, missing ground, in hedgerows; Hunting with the gun. Part Four, Mixed Bag, the trained spaniel at work: Retrieving from water; Wildfowling and flighting with spaniels; Lending a hand; Jumping; Spaniels as beaters. Appendices are: Breeding and early care of puppies; Exercising spaniels. .

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1969) 1988 Boydell reissue. Small 8vo (122 x 204mm). Pp136. B/w photographs. Black cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Spine / fore-edge of dust-wrapper faded otherwise a very good clean copy. "A comprehensive and indispensible guide to training any animal, from a working gundog to a family pet." This is a revision of H.W. Carlton's Spaniels: Their Breaking for Sport and Field Trials (1915) and has gone into many reprints and new editions over decades. A minor classic in its field. Contents include: Part One, Psychology: Psychology before training; Spaniels for sport; The perfect spaniel; Basic requirements - standing rabbits, stamina and perserverance, steadiness, retrieving, comments. Part Two, Handtraining, early puppyhood lessons - humanization, retrieving, dropping to command and hand, dropping to fur and feather, waiting for orders before retrieving, other methods of teaching retrieving, dropping to shot, answering to whistle and 'back'. Part Three, Subsequent Training: A natural retriever is a gem beyond price; Hunting - in cover, in the open, check-cord, dropping, chasing, hunting down-wind, hunting within gunshot, missing ground, in hedgerows; Hunting with the gun. Part Four, Mixed Bag, the trained spaniel at work: Retrieving from water; Wildfowling and flighting with spaniels; Lending a hand; Jumping; Spaniels as beaters. Appendices are: Breeding and early care of puppies; Exercising spaniels. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.