Personal
Gun Dogs
Dogs entering this program should be at least six months
of age. This course will usually take anywhere from three
to four months to produce a dog that is started and ready
to go to the field. This depends largely on the natural ability
of the individual dog and their readiness to learn when they
come into the kennel.
All dogs will be evaluated at the very beginning of the program
to determine their individual needs and to reveal any faults
or serious training problems that may exist. If problems do
exist, they will be brought to the attention of the owner
immediately and a course of instruction for that dog will
be devised to correct the situation. If, at any time, we feel
the dog is "unfixable", we can finish out an obedience
course and send the dog home as a suitable pet or companion
dog.
Your dog -started and ready to go into the field - should:
be doing nice singles and doubles on land and in the water;
be steady and honor while other dogs are working; retrieve
and deliver the bird to hand. All dogs are worked on different
types of land and water areas suited to their level of achievement
at the time. Challenging types of cover on land, water obstacles,
duck blinds, decoys, calls and boats are used daily. Pigeons
and ducks are the game of choice for training. Pheasants may
be ordered by special request.
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