Joe Irving: 3 books

Joe Irving, the oldest living ironworker, returns after his first book to tell us stories of not just his construction days, but from his entire life. Life of an Ironworker is a collection of stories, memories, opinions and events told from the hand of a 99-year-old man, now retired and living in...

Joe Irving's greatly respected handbook on gundogs shows how to train a dog for any type of shooting by following a series of basic lessons which form a special sequence or 'learning chain'. From buying a puppy to working it in the field, the author describes in detail how to adapt each stage of training to suit individual temperaments and all breeds of gundog.

Written by a leading gundog trainer, this book explains to the novice trainer what needs to be done step-by-step and, just as importantly, explains how to observe defects of behaviour in the dogs and remedy them when they occur. The general care of spaniels from infancy to maturity is dealt with throughout...