Bird Dog

by Ben O. Williams

Originally published in 2003, this one-of-a-kind dog training book is now available in softcover.

Both a training manual and a hunting philosophy, Bird Dog reveals unique and time-tested methods that cultivate a dog's instincts to hunt.

187 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. I'm glad I read it again. Concise and straightforward. The book entails a simple method of training where the dog is never handled with force. The dog is instead encouraged to rely on their own innate instincts to succeed in the field.

None of the horshit that encourages dogs to act more like robots than dogs.

Throughout the book are pages called "Ben's Dogs" where he recalls special (and sometimes difficult) dogs he has trained over they years. The love he has for bird dogs is easily apparent.

[John Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was enjoyable to read. It is not a step-by-step guide to training bird dogs but gives more of an overview of the philosophy and general methods used by the author. I think it would be a good addition to the library of one training dogs for upland hunting.

[Andrew Wayment · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ben has a great philosophy about dogs and dog training, which comes through in this book.