Competing with your gundog is great fun, but many owners are unaware of the many year-round training and competitive opportunities in which they can be involved. Many also think that the skills required are above them, and that such events are available only to the very experienced amateur or the gundog professional. This is very far from the truth. The Competitive Gundog is aimed at the beginner and the less experienced handler and provides detailed descriptions of all aspects of trials and tests. Contents include: * Field trials and working tests * Spring and Grouse pointing * The show gundog working certificate * Retrievers, Spaniels, Pointers and Setters * Working with Hunt, Point, Retrieve (HPR) dogs AUTHOR: Nigel Dear is an enthusiastic field trial, working test competitor and trainer. His Hungarian Vizsla, Aldom Red Grouse (Jack), was for several years the top working Vizsla in the UK. Nigel was the field trial secretary of the Hungarian Vizsla Society for four years, a past chairman of the Hunt, Point, Retrieve Field Trial Association, a member of the Kennel Club Accredited Instructor scheme and is the Kennel Club's Field Trial Secretary. SELLING POINTS: * This fascinating and wide ranging book is aimed at all those interested in gundogs as well those with an interest in dogs, dog training, field sports and country interests * Aimed at the beginner and the less experienced handler * Provides detailed descriptions of each type of field trials and working tests * Covers all gundog groups - Retrievers, Spaniels, Pointers, Setters and Hunt, Point, Retrieve (HPR) ILLUSTRATIONS: 115 colour photographs & diagrams *.