A Comfortable Range

One of the most important parts of training a bird dog is establishing range: how far the dog should be allowed to quarter in front of the hunter. Here the author chronicles his own struggle to understand his talented, independent English setter, Speck, at the same time he confronts his innermost fears for the well-being of this much-loved gun dog. A Comfortable Range is a powerful, personal narrative in which McDermott and Speck carry the reader from the confines of suburban Virginia to the sprawl of South Dakota, where man and dog ultimately find resolution to their quest for compatibility and an authentic, rewarding hunting experience