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About Our Training
"In dog years, I'm dead."
-- Unknown
Training Options:
| All Dogs | All training dogs will require veterinarian's proof of current DHLP-P, Kennel Cough (Bordatella) and Rabies prior to accepting the reservation. Your dog will also need to be on Heartworm preventative and Frontline Topspot. All precautions will be made to protect your dog from fleas and ticks, but we are in the country, and would like your dog to be protected. |
| Puppy Training | By the week or month. Tailored to your requirements, whether for companion, obedience, or field work. An exit appointment at the end of the session will review what your pup has learned and give you homework. |
| Basic Training | Basic obedience essential for your pup or dog to be a "good citizen". Includes heel, sit, stay, come, down and crate training. Several training programs are offered for your pet or companion dog. |
| Accelerated Training | For those dogs who choose to have more training in a given period of time, this program offers a more intense approach with increased trainer contact time. Available at all levels. |
| Advanced Training | Obedience and companion dog training on and off lead. Greater emphasis is placed on the dog being under control in less formal situations - on a walk in the country, while playing alone or with other dogs, while swimming. |
| Field Training | Introduction to hunting situations and environments. Hunting obedience, exposure to decoys, calls, boats, guns and birds. Strong emphasis on canine hunter safety. Prerequisite: One month of obedience training. Dogs must sign up for a three month program. |
| Formal Field Training | For those dogs interested in running hunt or field tests. Training includes off lead obedience, collar conditioning, and delivery to hand. Programs available for Started and Junior through Master level. |
| Rates | Our training rate is $350/week, $1200/month. Accelerated obedience (two training sessons daily) is $850/two weeks. All training reservations require a non-refundable deposit of $150 to hold your spot. Call us for a training reservation application. |
| By Appointment | One-on-one with Phyllis or Jack (your choice). For obedience, field or special problems. Rates vary. |
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
We offer a wide variety of basic training programs for your dog. Basic obedience can be taught in our accelerated two week course (our most popular). This course will teach and condition your dog to sit, heel, come, down, and stay. We also offer month-long basic obedience that can be extended for any length of time, depending on how well-conditioned you would like your dog, or if your dog needs to master more complex tasks.
For puppies, we have the "one-week-a-month" program in which your pup will spend one week out of each month with us, learning and perfecting the basics: crate training, basic obedience, and good citizenship behavior.
We also offer custom programs for individual dogs. In the past we have taught dogs to jump into a crate in the car, to work with individuals using canes and walkers. We have readied dogs for obedience titles, Working Certificates and Good Citizen tests.
Let us help you enjoy your dog more because a trained dog is a joyous companion!
Hunting dogs and competitive hunt/field test dogs have options, as well. We recommend our "Bird and Gun Introduction" at five months of age, with more formal training starting at 8 months. Hunting dogs can have the experience of working out of boats, in and around decoys, and out of blinds on real birds. Hunt and field test dogs will require more formal training, starting with obedience and collar conditioning and proceeding through mouth work and yard work. The minimum program is three months duration for the dog to be ready to successfully run Started or Junior tests. At this stage, the dog will be controlled at your side, take a good line to the fallen bird on land or in water, pick the bird up quickly, return with the bird and deliver to hand. Training Seminars Hunt Test Handling
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More advanced training: steadiness to shot, multiple marked retrieves, and basic blind retrieves will require more time, usually 3-6 months, depending upon the aptitude of the dog, his/her age, and the degree of sophistication you require. All our dogs are also taught to upland hunt and trail cripples. Our more advanced training program includes steadying the upland hunter to shot and fall.
We run a full schedule of AKC and NAHRA hunt/field tests. Our trial season starts in March and runs through the end of May, resumes again in September and runs through November. We generally do not run events in the summer months - we feel the stress of traveling and trialing in the heat is very hard on the dogs, so we prefer to event in the cooler months. We each have twenty-plus years experience handling dogs in retriever field events and are happy to handle your trained dog for you if your schedule precludes doing this yourself.
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