Retriever History
St Johns Water Dog
-Origins in Canada (Fisherman’s Dog)
-Sit quiet for long periods of time on boat. Come into drive when time to work.
-Exported to UK (Labrador origins, Curly, Flat, Golden)
-Developed into gundog
-Reimported to NA from UK
-First Trials in the US
-Chessie/Lab split
Hunting Dog Confidential
-Episodes 7-10
UK/American
Selection
-Trial Systems
-Hunt Tests
-Style of hunting
Training
-Trials/Tests and Lineage
-Lineage
-Dave Elliot
-Cotton Pershall
-Bobby George
-Training systems
-Myths
-Collar
-Rex Carr
-Upland/Flushing
-Spaniel Tests
General thoughts on UK/American split
Versatility
My experience and my current dogs
-IDD/detection/tracking
-Hunting with bird dogs
-The ultimate companion gundog (if you can only have one dog)
References
-Books
-The Labrador Shooting Dog by Mike Gould
-Special Thanks to Landon Lovell
-Training Retrievers, The Cotton Pershall Method
-1967 Sports Illustrated article on Super Chief “Supy”, handler: Augie Belmont,
Trainer/Coach: Rex Carr
https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/08/07/revival-of-a-grand-old-name
-RTF (Retriever Training Forum) Search Function
-Dave Elliot
-Cotton Pershall
-History
-Rex Carr
-AKC
– https://www.akc.org/sports/retrievers/field-trials/history/
