Reddit reviews Gun Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method

https://www.amazon.com/Water-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525247343/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537848754&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=water+dog+book&dpPl=1&dpID=41FKEIfSZRL&ref=plSrch

And

https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525245499/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537848800&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=gundog+book&dpPl=1&dpID=41i2%2BsXRMsL&ref=plSrch

These two books have been around forever. I have heard on this sub that they are dated, but these books have trained a lot of dogs. Just remember a dog is a being with it's own mind. It will get upset, it will not want to train sometimes, IT IS NOT A ROBOT. If you want a real hunting dog be prepared to spend a lot more time than you think, but you form some weird bond with a dog like that.

Check out :
[Water Dog] (http://www.amazon.com/Water-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525247343) by Richard Wolters or, for other fowl,
Gun Dog by the same guy.

While I don't hunt fowl (I'd like to, no time, water, or land to go on right now) my uncle did for many years and used those books to produce very well trained dogs. The g/f and I have a golden/chesapeake bay retreiver mix that's about six months old. We've been doing basic training with out of Water Dog and it's worked well so far. I'd reccomend them to anyone with a breed that has the particular behavioral inclinations of a pointer or retriever.

you can almost never go wrong with a Labrador!! A couple folk that hunt have dogs they rescued, just trained them to be family/retrievers and the dog picks up on it.

i used the books Wolter's puts out

http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525245499

just put in the time and you will have a good dog

I used a book called [Gun Dog] (http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Dog-Revolutionary-Training-Method/dp/0525245499/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406122159&sr=8-1&keywords=gun+dog+richard+wolter) by Richard Wolters. The stuff for bird hunting can be skipped, which really is only a few sections (commands like "woah" and teaching the dog to quarter). The book teaches training techniques from the basic commands to the more complicated such as "heel" when walking the dog.
Always make sure the dog understands you are in charge, and when training, repetition is the key. You have to do things the same way repeatedly or else the dog will not learn.

If you do by chance buy an e-collar, they can be useful tools but they are only a negative reinforcement. You do not train with an e-collar, you reinforce training already done with them.