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Summary: Absolutely Outstanding
Review: A must own for all aspiring retriever trainers. The Dahl's have finally written a book that the average retriever owner can use to produce exactly what the title proclaims, an obedient and enthusiastic sporting dog. All in 10 minutes or less a day. The "10 Minute Retriever" will guide you through a well laid out, easy to follow, systematic approach of effectively and humanely communicating with your companion. The Dahl's advocate training methods that are proven reliable while backing them with successful anecdotal stories experienced from well over a combined 30 years of professional training. Carefully following their techniques will positively uplift your new friend's attitude, confidence, and performance. If you're desiring to spend many quality and pleasurable years to come with a true "retrieving machine", then this book will be of immense assistance to you. The "10 Minute Retriever" will surely go down in the annals of retriever training as a timeless clasic.
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Summary: Absolutely Outstanding
Review: A must own for all aspiring retriever trainers. The Dahl's have finally written a book that the average retriever owner can use to produce exactly what the title proclaims, an obedient and enthusiastic sporting dog. All in 10 minutes or less a day. The "10 Minute Retriever" will guide you through a well laid out, easy to follow, systematic approach of effectively and humanely communicating with your companion. The Dahl's advocate training methods that are proven reliable while backing them with successful anecdotal stories experienced from well over a combined 30 years of professional training. Carefully following their techniques will positively uplift your new friend's attitude, confidence, and performance. If you're desiring to spend many quality and pleasurable years to come with a true "retrieving machine", then this book will be of immense assistance to you. The "10 Minute Retriever" will surely go down in the annals of retriever training as a timeless clasic.
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Summary: great book for the 1st time trainer
Review: I just read the 10 Minute Retriever by John and Amy Dahl and found it to be very informative and educational especially for the 1st time retriever trainer, it gives in depth detail on obedience, force fetch, marking, and it gets the novice handler ready to teach hand signals, and that is the only draw back in the whole book. It also gives a recollection of dogs they have trained in the past. good easy to understand reading.
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Summary: no nonsense guide to retriever training
Review: I thought this book was quite good. It doesn't contain alot of fluff, and it's clearly aimed at setting the basis for serious training with the potential for highly difficult tasks like those found in modern retriever field trials. You won't find a lot of feel good advice about having your dog sleep in bed with you. (On the other hand, I don't think it hurts to emphasize what can happen to a kennel blind dog). I bristled at first at the grounding in Skinner and behaviorism as my own feeling is that the application of behaviorism to human psychology has had destructive effects in that arena, but actually it is very well thought out and sound. This book will definitely have an impact on my own training, including with adult retrievers. I'd recommend it as a solid, solid book on training retrievers from two people who obviously know how to train dogs.
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Summary: A blessing for the aspiring retriever trainer
Review: I've corresponded with Amy Dahl regarding retriever training in detail over several years. We've discussed principles, techniques, and experiences. The very fine book offered by Amy and her husband John represents all that I would expect from first-rate dog people. Anyone getting into retriever training can propel his or her knowledge base and general understanding of dog behavior, as well as learning how to effectively guide it, through the information provided in the 10-minute Retriever. Further, it must be said that their approach is humane, and is directed toward the fair and empathetic treatment of dogs, using techniques proven in the field over considerable time and through extensive experience. I have recommended it to many trainers, and will continue to do so. Evan Graham
Retired professional dog trainer, and Author of Smartwork for Retrievers volume one: Basics and Transition, and Smartwork II, Secrets of the Pros
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Summary: How to force fetch and how to arrange tests in the field
Review: The 10-Minute Retriever: How To M;ake An Obedient And Enthusiastic Gun Dog In 10 Minutes A Day is the perfect guide for training a good gun dog. With more than 30 years of retriever training experience between them, John and Amy Dahl persusasive argue that ten-minute training sessions are best for a retriever's attention span and accelerate the learning process. The 10-Minute Retriever is easy to use and highly accessible for rank novice dog trainers, yet contains tips, techniques, and information intended for experienced trainers as well. Basic topics covered include how to force fetch, how to arrange tests in the field, and how to humanely use an electric collar. Peppered with true dog anecdotes, and enhanced with adaptations in training techniques for different breeds of dog, The 10-Minute Retriever is a "must" for any sportsman who wants his retriever to do more than fetch the stick!
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Summary: Every retriever puppy should come with this book
Review: The Dahls have written a training book that no retriever owner should be without! Whether your aim is a hunting partner, hunt test or field trial competitor, or even if you're a novice and want to train your dog for what it was bred for, help is here. Time is the thing most of us lack, so here is a program everyone can use, from professional to amateur, to train his or her own dog in easy increments spending only 10 minutes a day. The Dahls are professionals, and they've trained, shown, competed and hunted with all the retriever breeds. But they've presented their information in a very readable format, interspersed with real-life tales of actual dogs. The 10-Minute Retriever is highly readable (you'll devour it in one or two sittings) but also well-organized complete with a glossary and index to refer to. I can't say enough good things about it, and my fellow retriever owners who've read it all agree.
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Summary: Great Read!!!
Review: This book covers it all.....And is a must for the SERIOUS retriever trainer.......... Don't know what "Brian Blazer" was reading????
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Summary: Excellent Retriever Training Book
Review: This book has answered many of the questions I had concerning training retrievers. I found it to be very informative and enjoyed the personal touch with stories of their personal dogs interlaced. I am sure this book will help you learn how to train a retriever!
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Summary: I am absolutely sickened!
Review: This book is going to be used a kindling in the fireplace. Never before have I read a book on training a dog that left me feeling as bad as this one did. Let me make perfectly clear that I am not new to dog training, nor to hunting. I have trained an Akita to UDE, and I have field trained an American Water Spaniel for upland bird hunting. The techniques described in this book are utterly inhumane. I was actually enjoying the book until I got to their section on forced retireve. Basically the philosophy here is that you create pain and stress in the dog, and the only resolution to this unpleasantness is the retireve. There is not reward for a job well done, just the relief of pain. As you progress in the training, the more pain and stress you put on the dog. Some of the specific things that upset me in the book are: 1) Using a switch on the dog
2) Tying a dogs moth shut around a retireving dummy
3) Ear pinch (being sure to dig your thumb nail into the uderside of the ear according to their directions).
4) "Burning" (their term) the dog with an electric shock collar (I am not agains proper use of an e-collar, I just think that "burning" is a bit far). In a nutshell, this book explains to the trainer that in order to have a good field dog, you must completely break its spirit, and individualism. Thus creating a dog that is a machine just spending its life looking to relieve pain and stress. I will never recomend this book to anyone. I can see by the other reviews that I am in the minority. The decision must be yours.
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