{"product_id":"9781904057185","title":"The Working Springer Spaniel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with 16 pages of photographs, The Working Springer Spaniel includes individual chapters on the origins of the springer; obtaining a spaniels puppy; hip and eye tests; pre-training procedures; training equipment; dogging guns and ammunition; early obedience lessons; steadiness to dummies and introduction to retrieving; introducing the gun; retrieving real game; hunting and steadiness to game; a breakdown of game scent; dropping to shot; blind retrieves; jumping; water work; walking to heal; artificial lines; punishment; soft and hard mouths; the principles and practicalities of breeding; field trials in Britain, USA, Canada, and Europe; the working cocker; woodcock and cocking spaniels. The book is essential reading for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a working springer or cocker spaniel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039339430128,"sku":"9781904057185","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904057185_p0.jpg?v=1763613529","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904057185","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}