Tully Williams

Working Sheep Dogs

A Practical Guide to Breeding, Training and Handling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Working Sheep Dogs examines and illuminates every aspect of the high-quality working dog. It provides a detailed discussion of the principles behind the training of working dogs, and reveals little-known methods for training and handling sheep dogs in the most effortless manner. The text is divided into six major sections covering the instincts of the working dog, breeding, principles of training, methods of training, handling livestock and sheep dog trials. Photographs and line drawings help to illustrate best techniques when training dogs, such as how to teach dogs to cast, muster and drive. Containing the first comprehensive breakdown and analysis of the instincts of the working dog, and discussing the various principles and methods of their breeding, this book is a practical reference for farmers and stockmen, hobby and lifestyle farmers, sheep dog trial competitors and breeders of working dogs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CSIRO Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 711g
• ISBN-13: 9780643093430
• ISBN-10: 0643093435
• Artikelnr.: 32465463

Autorenporträt

Tully Williams has an Advanced Diploma of Applied Science (Farm Management) and has worked as a farm manager and professional stockman for the past ten years. He has an in-depth knowledge of genetics and breeding, and animal psychology, developed over many years. Tully has also served as a counselor and Sheepdog trial judge for the Victorian Working Sheepdog Association (VWSDA), the body that manages sheepdog trials in Victoria.