LABRADOR RETRIEVER HUNTING DOG TRAINING

SELF DEFENSE AND IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION

SHORT STORIES OF LABRADOR RETRIEVERS AND ENGLISH POINTERS

Clinetop Press is known for its humane training books on Labrador retriever hunting dogs, its award-winning instructional fly fishing book, life-saving tips on personal defense and self-protection, including prevention of identity theft, and short stories of experiences in the wilds of the West.

“The Labrador Shooting Dog” by Mike Gould, published in 1999, has become known for turning the world of hunting dog training upside down. Instead of advocating electronic collars and harsh aversion training techniques, Mike Gould espouses building a strong working relationship with a dog for maximum hunting success. In its third printing, “The Labrador Shooting Dog” has become a classic work on training Labrador retrievers for waterfowl and upland bird hunting.

“The Pointing Labrador” by Paul and Julie Knutson is another ground-breaking hunting dog training book from Clinetop Press. The Knutsons have trained dozens of Grand Master Pointing Retrievers and detail their award-winning dog training techniques in this book.

Both books feature gorgeous photos of black, yellow, and chocolate Labrador retrievers hunting pheasants, ducks, geese, blue grouse, and quail.

“Shadowcasting: An Introduction to the Art of Flyfishing,” by John Dietsch and Gary Hubbell, is an award-winning instructional book for the beginning fly-fishing enthusiast. Mr. Dietsch was the fly fishing production coordinator on the making of the film, “A River Runs Through It,” directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, and Craig Sheffer. Robert Redford calls the book “an impressive work.” Co-author Gary Hubbell is a long-time Colorado flyfishing guide on the Roaring Fork and Crystal rivers near Aspen, known for his top-notch instructional program for beginning flyfishers. The book features beautiful photographs of anglers on Western rivers, including the Roaring Fork, Frying Pan, Crystal, and Yellowstone rivers, and brilliant photos of rainbow, cutthroat, German brown, and brook trout, as well as stunning original photographs from the filming of A River Runs Through It, including a wonderful picture of Brad Pitt.

Shadowcasting includes co-author John Dietsch’s moving anecdotes about his experiences filming the movie A River Runs Through It in Montana, including his role as stunt man for Brad Pitt, his discussions with Robert Redford about accurately depicting fly fishing in 1930’s Montana, and teaching Brad Pitt how to cast a fly line on the Santa Monica pier in 1991. Shadowcasting includes easy-to-follow fly fishing techniques for dry fly casting, nymph fishing, fishing knots, fly selection, catch and release ethic, fly fishing equipment, and fly tying.

“Eyes Wide Open: Bodyguard Strategies for Self Protection” by Kristie Kilgore, goes far beyond the typical self-defense book. Ms. Kilgore advocates a pro-active awareness of everyday situations and surroundings to stay safe in a dangerous world. Ms. Kilgore writes extensively about techniques for preventing identity theft, and is a pioneer in the field of women’s self defense and self defense weapons. Ms. Kilgore has extensively studied bodyguards and the strategies they use to protect clients, and has combined these techniques with her own extensive study of martial arts. Though the self-defense techniques explained in “Eyes Wide Open” are superb, the book focuses on personal protection, which seeks to avoid the need to use self-defense techniques entirely. This book is a must-read for men and women of all ages.

“Plateaus of Destiny” by Mike Gould is a book by a master storyteller who writes of his experiences training Labrador retrievers and English pointers from the high mountains of Colorado to the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Mike’s short stories talk of epic blue grouse and chukar hunts, good pheasant dogs, sturdy mountain horses, favorite rifles and shotguns, monster mule deer bucks, and growing up money-poor but rich in life experience in the Colorado Rockies. Plateaus of Destiny is a favorite read for upland bird hunters, Labrador retriever and English pointer enthusiasts, and followers of Mike Gould’s revolutionary dog training techniques.

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