Green Book Training Methods

[Sierra Wirehair]

I have a question:I haven't trainind a dog for about 12 years. I waited till our dogs got 12 years old(not on purpose) and got a new pup out of the Cascade kennel(GWP). I bought the NAVDHA Green Book and the DVD. I was wondering since it was created in 1984 if Winterhelt's training methods are still the best practices? Is the trainig table a good idea? I like the progression and how the training works off of the Whoa command. Any thoughts here?
Mic

 

[birddog32]

Training table works great... Many moons ago I used to use a 500 gallon barrel that was braced as a training table. I thought that worked slicker than a flat table. Just an opinion though.