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Snakefoot - The Making of a Champion
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Snakefoot: The Making of a Champion
Elhew Kennel owner Bob Wehle shares his 60 years of Breeding & Training secrets, 268 pgs.
Robert G. Wehle has line bred, developed and trained the premier shooting dogs in the country since 1938. Pointers from his...
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Snakefoot: The Making of a Champion
Elhew Kennel owner Bob Wehle shares his 60 years of Breeding & Training secrets, 268 pgs.Robert G. Wehle has line bred, developed and trained the premier shooting dogs in the country since 1938. Pointers from his famous Elhew Kennels are sought after by discriminating hunters, field trials, and dog breeders the world over. In Snakefoot: The Making of a Champion, Wehle not only chronicles the step-by-step development of National Champion Elhew Snakefoot, but outlines his now famous breeding program and shares his successful stress-free techniques of training that have produced so many generations of fine shooting dogs and national field trial champions.
Chapter Page # Chapter One: Breeding Background 1 Chapter Two: Establishing a Pure Gene Pool 11 Chapter Three: How it Started 19 Chapter Four: Snakefoot's Pedigree 31 Chapter Five: Breeding 53 Chapter Six: Breeding Questions 63 Chapter Seven: A Philosophy of Training 85 Chapter Eight: Where It All Begins 95 Chapter Nine: Walking Puppies 103 Chapter Ten: Yard Training 119 Chapter Eleven: The Final Development of Snakefoot 131 Chapter Twelve: Field Trials 153 Chapter Thirteen: What Have We Done? 191 Chapter Fourteen: For The Record 205 Chapter Fifteen: The Rewards of Maturity 239
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