Springer Spaniel Training & Richard A Wolters

[meathunter]

I had a lab and trained it useing the richard a wolters books which he used on retrivers to obey hand signals and and other basic commands he started at 7 weeks has anyone ever heard of this author and do you think i could train a springer spaniel this way? Is 7 weeks to early to begin? I had great success with my lab he was awesome this book is the ticket for labs.

[caseymcq]

I think any of Wolters books(I think Game Dog is Gun Dog and Water Dog combined) will work for any hunting dog. I thought the illustrations in Gun Dog may have showed a springer.

[MinnesotaMongo]

That may work - but this is the book that most Springer Trainers have read and used. It's called "Hup!: Training Flushing Spaniels the American Way by James B. Spencer (Paperback - Oct 2002)".

You can order it off of Amazon. It is excellent.

As far as 7 weeks to start training - the best thing for Springers is the basic commands. Most Springers are natural retrievers - so you don't have to always worry about that right away. Even my Springer - who didn't seem that interested at first - woke up when I tossed a clip wing in his direction.

Read the book - use it. It is excellent.

[MN Shutterbug]

When I had a springer, I utilized one of Wolters' books - Game Dog, and I had great success. I no longer have my springer, but do still have the book. I followed the book almost to a T. IMO, it's an excellent training guide. If you follow his guidelines, you can't go wrong.