Water Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method

by Richard Wolters, Art Smith (Introduction)

The classic bestselling dog training book for the person with limited time who wants to train a working retriever fast.

Containing revolutionary scientific information on the mental development of your pet, Water Dog is a step by step training book with no extraneous material. It covers everything from the day you get your puppy to the finished dog, showing you the complete training procedures step by step in picture sequence.

It will show you not only what to expect of your dog but what your dog can expect of you. Full of information about using the right commands and utilizing the Dummy-Launch, a training device co-developed by the author, this how-to guide will make training easy, fast, and fun—for you and your dog.

“Anyone who wants to try turning his dog into a well-mannered retriever will do well with  Water Dog .”— The New York Times

Genres: Dogs, Nonfiction, Outdoors

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 1964

Reviews

[Kyle Sherek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Making Tex a good boy step by step

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book. If you are planning on owning a lab and taking it hunting this is the book. I purchased my first lab when he was 6 weeks old in June of 1994. When I took him hunting that fall he was amazing because of the techniques taught by Mr. Wolters. My dog was even able to do blind retrieves. Mr. Wolters writes very simply so any one following his techniques will have a well trained dog.

[Kaitlyn Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

My boyfriend swears by this book, so I've given it 5 stars. He recommended I read it since we have a new puppy coming in a few weeks. He's used this book before while training labs as hunting dogs with great success. The book seems to me like it's an awesome guide to training. The language is clear and the technique seems like it will be a breeze to train the new dog. I will probably read this at least once more before we start training. I can't wait to try it out myself!

[Sam H · Rating 2 out of 5]

The novel Water Dog by Richard A. Wolters is a pretty good duck dog training book, in my opinion. I think this because, for me, it was a little hard to follow. I think this because I jumps around from one topic to another very quickly and not in orderly fashion. It also uses the non traditional duck dog training method making it hard to read while reading traditional gun dog books. It also uses very untraditional commands making the dog not as sensitive to these commands.

[J Lippe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic. My 12wk old chocolate lab is already getting setup for success thanks to Wolter’s teachings. Any setbacks are user error, not due to the simple, straightforward directions found in this book. The author has a deep understanding of dogs and what makes them tick. The pictures and book structure provide easy to follow step by step lessons to enable any level of trainers to find success. Now he just needs to write a book on patience!

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book on training a retriever I have ever read. My copy was my grandfather's, which was give to my dad, then given to me when I got my first retriever. Many a great duck dog were trained with this book.

[Garrett Tucker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple book on how to train hunting dogs. Hope to use this knowledge someday.

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[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love everything by Wolters and this one is working so far. Training a dog is easy, but I appreciate Wolters' instructions that specifically relate to using my dog for hunting and retrieving.

[Kristie (fabk) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really interesting, I am hoping to use many of the components for training our dog to be a water dog.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information to have in the ole memory bank if you work with retrievers.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information in Labs and how to train them

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prefer Training Your Retriever.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very popular book in its time showing owners of water retrievers how to train their own dog for sport.

[Amanda Laplante · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good! Taught me wonderful tips on training my dogs.

[Daniel Plaisier]

Very good instructional on training dogs from a puppy to an expert retriever. It walks through different training exercises for the dog to teach them how to advance their retrieving skills.

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

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