Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Pointers on Pointers 8
Chapter 2 The Early Life of Reilly 19
Chapter 3 An Introduction to a Professional Hunting-Dog Trainer 29
Chapter 4 Mornings with John Offerman Learning His Training Plan 33
Chapter 5 First-Year Pointer Training Begins in Earnest 38
Chapter 6 Reilly and Me on the Road 42
Chapter 7 Using a Check Cord to Break the Breaks 48
Chapter 8 Obedience Training and the Power of the Point 53
Chapter 9 For the Love of a Hunting Dog 56
Chapter 10 Working on Steady to Wing and Shot 60
Chapter 11 Home from the Trainer's 64
Chapter 12 Have Travel Trailer, Will Travel-Out into New Coverts 71
Chapter 13 Late-Fall Hunting with Dad and Reilly 82
Chapter 14 Getting Through Winter; Losing a Friend 90
Chapter 15 Starting a New Chapter in Pointer Training-The Second Year 93
Chapter 16 Lessons on Training a Pointing Dog 102
Chapter 17 Learning from a Pro, John Hayes at Kirby Mountain Kennels 111
Afterword 122
Bibliography 131
