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| North Texas Dog Trainers. Retriever Specialties. |
| Located In Rockwall Texas 20 min East of Dallas |
| 214-317-1492 |
| What To Look For In A Kennel How Experienced Is The Staff Is It Heated In The Winter and Air-conditioned In The Summer Are The Play Groups Of A Manageable Size Are The Dogs Left Out Long Enough Or Out Too Long Too Many dogs equal fights and diseases |
The top item in my book is sanitation. Is the kennel clean? Let your nose tell you, do you smell urine or
stools. Ask to see the medication list. If there are more than five to six dogs on this list ask why. If you
see bark collars on most of the dogs or hanging on kennels ask if this is common practice. If you see
any tazers, cattle prods or any other such devices DO NOT KEEP YOUR DOG THERE!!! If the person
in charge gets upset at barking dogs while you are there I promise you, it is only worse when the clients
are not around, DON’T LEAVE YOUR DOG THERE. Dogs bark, if the person in charge looses there
temper at barking dogs while your there, just think of what happens behind closed doors. Make surprise
visits. It’s your dog not his. If the trainer / owner gets upset at your concern or questions PULL
YOUR DOG.
TRAINING…. GUN DOG
WATCH OUT FOR THE ACCELERATED TRAINING!!!!!!
No dog is the same and if the kennel touts they can train a gun dog in lets say 9 weeks run out the gate.
The dog has so much pressure put on it in such a short period of time it never shows its true instincts.
That is a good way to set the not so smart dog up for failure. I have worked for such a kennel and it just
does not work. The dog can run out and bring a bird back as far as the trainer can throw it. That is great
if you hunt in your back yard. There is no time for field work. The dog never sees cover or live flyers.
Lord help you if the dog needs to find a cripple. You will be told that it is up to you to teach it to hunt or it
needs to grow up and mature. I think the price of training should reflect the training put into the dog.
There is more to training a hunting dog than the basic hold and fetch. What a dog does to
find or retrieve the game is more than basic 1-2-3. It needs to be introduced to all this in
training.
If the trainer cant find time for this he should lower the dog count or teach obedience .
EQUIPMENT
Ask to see the training equipment. If you do not see a crop ask if one is used. Ask to see
one, if you notice that they are extremely worn ask why. If there for gun dog training ask to
see the props. By this I mean decoys, boat etc. You need some kind of throwers and not the
assistant or trainer doing it. You need realistic as in remote. Most important ask to see a
dog work with live ducks. Not frozen but live ducks. Ask to see a training session with live
flyers. If the trainer does not duck hunt don’t walk RUN out the gate. You cannot train gun
dogs and not know about the situations the dogs will be in out there in the field. This is very
important. Ask to see a pup that is just starting out. One that has just one week of training.
Then move up to a pup that is mid training and one that is ready to go home. If the dog is
cowed, tail tucked or hand shy DON’T LEAVE YOUR DOG THERE.
If you hunt out of a boat put the dog in a boat and see what it does while in training. The
trainer should have the dog used to water work out of a boat.
The bottom line is, if the kennel is used to train gun dogs, there should be hunting
equipment. No boat no decoys no ducks or wild game birds equals a pup that will be lost in
the field…You will end up training more than hunting. Find another kennel
LAND
If your pup is there for gun dog the training. The land should not be manicured. Dogs need
cover in water and land. Small ponds without stick-ups are great for introduction. The dog
needs to see lots of stick-up and large water. Vegetation both surface and the unseen
underwater should be part of the training process. Having land and water is great but is it
used. DO YOUR ENTIRE VISIT TRAINING WITH LIVE BIRDS AND IN COVER. See your dog dig
through cover see them not shy away from stick-ups in water. Have the dog swim through
the decoys. The dog is not trained to hunt if you have to play with ducks at the hunt to get
them to pick it up. If this happens you know your dog has either never seen a duck or
extremely limited. Most real gun dog trainers lease land to train on that holds these great
training waters or have them made on property. Two or three small immaculate ponds just do
not cut it.
| These Photos are from a local well known kennel in Ennis Tx Cattle Prod The Hot Shot Used to keep dogs from barking If You See One...Pull Your Dog |
| Cattle Prod Used To Shock Barking Dogs From A Well Known Kennel In ENNIS TX |
The dogs were locked in the inside
kennel and told to shut up while being
shocked..and it was hung on the
outside of kennel to keep them out in
the run..If people only knew half of
what goes on at this kennel and others
kennel and told to shut up while being
shocked..and it was hung on the
outside of kennel to keep them out in
the run..If people only knew half of
what goes on at this kennel and others