Helpful Reading Material

This is a must read for anyone in NAVHDA.  You get a good solid foundation and many useful tips

Chuck Johnson's approach emphasizes letting your young dog first develop his natural abilities: use of nose, desire, cooperation, search, pointing, and tracking. Then, after his first season, Chuck shows you how to put the controls on your dog with chapters on the trained retrieve and whoa training.  Chuck has been writing the Versatile Hunting Dog column for Pointing Dog Journal for over 15 years. 

Bob Farris is an experienced trainer and breeder of versatile hunting dogs, a NAVHDA judge, and has successfully handled hundreds of dogs in the NAVHDA testing system. This book addresses the breeding and training of your versatile dog for upland bird hunting, waterfowling, shed hunting, and blood tracking, along with several engaging chapters on human interest topics.

This is a great book for pups and young dogs.  Joan Bailey is one of the founding members of NAVHDA, was a NAVHDA judge for over 28 years and Larry Mueller considers her one of America's great dog people.

This book by Larry Mueller is a quick read with many helpful tips.   Larry used to be the Hunting Dogs editor of Outdoor Life and has developed many innovative training methods from a lifetime of experience 

The more you know the better team you and your dog will make!