1. Evaluation: If you have questions concerning your dog we will take the dog in for a short period of time (three to five days) for evaluation. During this time, the dog will be exposed to birds, gunshot and water and given a basic intelligence test. At the end of this evaluation we will give you our best assessment of the dogs potential.

2. Force Fetch: Delivery to hand is a must if you are going to trial, compete or simply qualify your dog to set standards. Over the years we have found that consistency and persistence are the only way to achieve this desired goal. However, we have also found that most dogs achieve this without the word FORCE being overused. Once again, there are no shortcuts here. You won’t get the desired results by hoping they learn.

3. Basic Program: This program involves basic obedience, retrieving, and water work and bird exposure. This program will give you an obedient dog that will fit the bill for most hunters.

4. Intermediate Program: In this program we focus on steady to wing and shot, as well as backing (honoring), blind retrieves and multiple retrieves.

 

5. Finished program: At this level we produce the finished dog, one which will qualify for a Master Hunt Test Title.

 

E-collar: There has been much written about the use of the e-collar. I won’t attempt to add to it. I do use the e-collar and have been to instructional classes as to the proper use of the e-collar. I can tell you one thing for sure, they are not a substitute for training. They are a tool for it. A very simple way to determine if a trainer/person is not using the e-collar properly is to see how the dog reacts when the collar is brought out. Hopefully the dog will get excited because he relates good things (birds, retrieving, etc.) to the collar. If he cowers or balks chances are that too much force is being used

 

Price Quotes: If interested in any of the above programs drop me a line for a quote. I feel that our prices are somewhere in the middle of the road. However, I feel that our service is close to the top.

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