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What are some good training methods for a golden retriever, that you are trying to make a good retriever for duck hunting.

I like the retriever training methods of Evan Graham. He has a good book out called Smart Fetch. You can get it here: http://www.gundogsupply.com/smfebyevgr.html

With my labs and a lab retriever mix they both had a natural desire to fetch. I just started by having them fetch a bumper. With Evan's book you can take your dog as far as you want to go. He does a good job of describing how to read dogs so you can determine the right amount of pressure to use while force fetching if you decide to do it. If you do FF a dog wait till it is atleast a yr old and get a pro to do it if you arn't comfortable doing it yourself.

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Email my other account and tell me where you are at as far as what you have done, I can tell you some in house tricks to get it started. Thanks Dave Jones.......Jonesy's Gun Dogs Berea, Kentucky I train and fix, all breed bird dogs and retrievers. Thanks again Jonesy........jonesy68@alltel.net

[quote="Addict"]I like the retriever training methods of Evan Graham. He has a good book out called Smart Fetch. You can get it here: http://www.gundogsupply.com/smfebyevgr.html

Evan Grahams book is highly recommended but just to clarify. "Smartfetch" is the book that deals with force fetching. "Smartwork I" and "Smartwork II" cover all the other aspects of retriever training.

Thanks for clearing that up Az Draht. It's been awhile since I've read them.

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