Buy this book on-line MILLS A R : A Practical Guide to Handling Dogs and StockReed, Wellington, 1966
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. slight rubbing to dust jacket, first reprint after 1964, written with W V McIntyre and S F Herbert, 125pp, one of the best guides to handling stock with shepherding dogs, 1. INTRODUCTION: The reasons for it all. Good & bad treatment 2. ESSENTIALS: Self-control, Examples, Your Dogs, The Stock 3. SELECTING A PUP: Right-wrong stain, Feeding, Rearing, Character, Personality 4. TRAINING: Voice Control, Whistle Control, First Lessons, Preventing Bad Habits 5. MORE TRAINING: Rope & Stick, Repetition, Praise, Voice to Whistle, Controlled Control 6. TEMPERAMENT: Too early starting, The chain a Spoiler, When & Where to Start 7. FIRST SHEEP LESSONS: Natural Cast, Failure to Run, Running Straight, Obtaining Objective 8. SERIOUS TRAINING: Standing Dog on Mark, Sighting Sheep, Running on Blind, Straight running, Outrun 9. THE OUTRUN: Point of Balance, Running Head, The Lift, Over-running Head, The Pull 10. RECASTING: From One Mob to Another, Walking Backwards, Off-Balance Work, Examples of Driving 11. OFF-BALANCE WORK: Into Close Quarters, Meeting Charging Sheep, Discarding Rope, Yarding 12. FINISHED TRAINING: Mustering, Leading Sheep too early, Building a Team 13. THE HUNTAWAY: All Rounder, Mustering Huntaway, Straight Huntaway, Training Methods 14. CORRECT APPROACH: Balance, Good Noise, Zig Zag Hunting, The backing Dog 15. WHISTLES - AND BITCHES: Whistles for each Dog, Value of Bitches in Team 16. PUNISHMENT: When to use the Stick, etc. 17. SUMMING UP: Time given to Training, Dogs Intelligence.. 18. TREATMENT OF HACKS: Training to Ground-Tie, etc... 19. HANDLING STOCK: Correct Yarding Work, Avoiding Smothers, Overdriving Stock, Guarding Gateways. 20. WORK IN YARDS: Training Yard Dogs, Correct use of Noise, Ewes with Lambs, Drafting Procedures, Backing Dogs 21. TWO-MAN DRAFTING: Alternative Methods, Good Dog Work, Drafting single handed 22. USEFUL YARD WORKING HINTS: Handling Lambs, Value of Silence, Catching Sheep, Counting Sheep etc 23. MUSTERING: Free-running Sheep, First muster Lambs, Ewes & Lambs, etc. 24. LAMBING PROBLEMS: Treating cast sheep, Lamb treatment in Storms etc. 25. SHEDDING, DOCKING AND YARDING: Shedding on Flats, On hills, Wet Ewes from Dry, Feeding Complications, Docking Procedures, Yarding large numbers of Ewes & Lambs..... 26. CATTLE WORK: Proper use of Dogs, Catching & Marking Calves, Drafting Cattle, Weaning Calves, Mustering dangers.. 27. FEEDING & CARE OF DOGS: Proper food, Exercise, Illness Symptoms & Treatment, Housing, Hydatid-control Measures 28. BUYING & SELLING A DOG: Pitfalls, Training another person's Dog 29. SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS: Breeding & rearing Pups, Sheep worrying remedy. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of MILLS A R : A Practical Guide to Handling Dogs and Stock. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres illustrées, livres rares, fine bindings and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |