RETRIEVER TRAINING INFO! - Articles, Sources and Links


Updated 1-21-09

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FORUMS AND MESSAGE BOARDS OF INTEREST

DuckSouth - Gun Dog Forum
Refuge Forum - Gun Dog Forum
Retriever Training Forum - RTF
WaterDog Forum - WaterDog
Super Retreiver Series - Link to website
Australian Working Retriever Central - Bulletin Board/Forum
HRC - Hunting Retriever Club (UKC) - HRC Website
AKC Hunt Test Info. - AKC Hunt Test
NAHRA - North America Hunting Retriever Association
Master National Website - MasterNational.com
Working Retriever Central - Website Link
RetrieverTraining.Net - Website Link
Avery Sporting Dog Website - SportDog
Avery Outdoors Message Board - Forum
The Holding Blind Forum - HoldingBlind.com
Need Training Ducks? - Y-Farms

TRAINING VIDEOS AND CLIPS

Various clips from Ducks Unlimited - DU Video Clips
Lots of good Video Clips - Ponderosa Kennels
6 Hunt Test Videos from WeeBeGoldens - Hunt Test Videos
Teaching Hold - Heritage Kennels
Force to Pile w/ E-Collar - Heritage Kennels
Heel and Sit Training - Heritage Kennels
Force Fetch Explanation - Heritage Kennels
At the Line - Wind Training - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Enhancing Marks - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Marking Singles - DU's WaterDog
At the Line - E-Collar - DU's WaterDog
At the Line - Nutrition - DU's WaterDog
At the Line - Sailing Mark - DU's WaterDog
At the Line - Socializing A Pup - DU's WaterDog
At the Line - No No Drill - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Casting Drill - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - eCollar1 - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - eCollar2 - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Forced Hold 1 - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Forced Hold 2 - DU's Waterdog
At the Line - Wagon Wheel Drill - DU's Waterdog
Robert Milner's Video's - Gun Dogs - Click and Scroll Down

TRAINING MATERIAL

Bird-Dog-News - Bird-Dog-News.com
Smartwork Training - Evan Graham Training Material
10 Minute Retriever - By John and Amy Dahl
Total Retrieving.com - Mike Lardy Training Material
Retrievers....From the Inside Out - Butch Goodwin
Problems and Solutions DVD, Danny Farmer and Judy Aycock - Farmer and Aycock
Dobbs Trainings:Retrievers - Free Articles
Oak Hill Kennel Library - Free Articles
Ponderosa Kennels - Free Articles Scroll Down.
Glossary of Terms - From Retriever Training.Net

RETRIEVER TRAINING ARTICLES

PUPPY ARTICLES
Picking a Puppy - Ponderosa Kennels
Hunting Up a Dog Breeder - Butch Goodwin
Selecting Your Puppy, Use Birds - Butch Goodwin
Buying a Pup - Versatile Dogs
Selecting and Bringing Home a Puppy - GunDogsOnline
Picking Your Puppy - Avery Sporting Dogs
New Pup? - Butch Goodwin
First Dog? Develop a Game Plan - Butch Goodwin
Crate/Kennel Training - By Chris Atkinson
Crate Training - OakdaleRetrievers
Three S's of Puppy Training - Jackie Mertens
House Training - Puddles and Beyond - Butch Goodwin
How to Raise a Retriever Puppy - John and Amy Dahl
Puppies 7-9 Weeks (Infants) - dogtrainersworkshop.com
Puppies 9-12 Weeks (Toddlers) - dogtrainersworkshop.com
Puppies 3-5 Months (Kindergarten) - dogtrainersworkshop.com
Puppy Obedience - Ponderosa Kennels
Inroducing your Pup to Water - Ponderosa Kennels
Teaching a Puppy to Swim - Butch Goodwin
Water Training - fetchpup.com
Introduction to Gunfire - CoonRiverKennels
Teach Your Pup to Retrieve: A Motivational Approach - Ponderosa Kennels     NEW
Puppy Retrieving - Oak Hill Kennel
Puppy Retrieving - TheGunDogClub
How to get your puppy to come back! - Oak Hill Kennel
Introducing Puppies to Birds, Water, and Throwers. - Oak Hill Kennel
The top 10 practices that Interfere with Training Your Dog - FetchPup.com
Nature of the Beast - Pup as Pack Animal - fetchpup.com
Trained vs Inherited Behavoir - FetchPup

OBEDIENCE ARTICLES
Why use a heeling stick? - Mike Lardy
Soft Dogs! - Oak Hill Kennel
Teaching Whistle Sit - Ponderosa Kennels
Whistle Sit - Dobbs
Obedience Tips - OakdaleRetrievers
Obedience is a Way of Life: Not a daily 15 minute drill - Fetchpup.com
Coming When Called - Butch Goodwin
The Check Cord - GunDogsOnline
Boat Work - Butch Goodwin
Obedience Training, Part 1 - Butch Goodwin
Obedience Training, Part 2 - Butch Goodwin
Transitioning from heeling on lead to heeling off lead - Danny Farmer/Avery Sporting Dog
Basic Obedience - Avery Sporting Dog
Fundamentals of Obedience - Mike Stewart/ESPNO

COLLAR CONDITIONING ARTICLES - (E COLLAR)
Electronic Collar. Is it a Magic Tool? - CoonRiverKennels
E-Collar Introduction - Ponderosa Kennels
E Collar, The Right Level - LouCastle
The Three Action Introduction - GunDogsOnline
Debunking Myths About Remote Training Collars - GunDogsOnline
E-Collars and Tough Dogs - MIke Lardy
Transitioning Dogs to the E-Collar - Avery Sporting Dogs
Adding Speed to the Finish - Dobbs
Introduction to Remote Training (E-Collar) - Dobbs
Fitting the Collar and Selecting Intensity - Dobbs
The Correct Timing of Stimulation - Dobbs
Keeping Your Dog from becoming Collar Wise - Tritronics
Various Tritronics E-Collar Training Articles - Tritronics
The "Come" Command - Tritronics
The Sit Command - Tritronics
The "Heel" Command - Tritronics
The "Down" Command - Tritronics
Electric Collar - Opinion - Robert Milner

FORCE FETCH ARTICLES
Force Fetching, Part 1 - Oak Hill Kennels
Force Fetching, Part 2 - Oak Hill Kennel
Force Fetch Training - fetchpup.com
Teaching "Leave It" - Butch Goodwin
Force Fetching Retrievers - John and Amy Dahl
Developing of Handling as an Extension of Force Fetch, Part 1 - Butch Goodwin
Developing of Handling as an Extension of Force Fetch, Part 2 - Butch Goodwin
Teaching the Hold Command - Avery Sporting Dog
Fundamentals of Force Fetch - Brian Lynn/ESPNO
The Trained Retrieve, Part 1, Hold and Drop - Dobbs
The Trained Retrieve, Part 2, Fetch - Dobbs
Teaching the Hold Command - Dobbs

BASIC TRAINING ARTICLES
Retriever Water Training - Robert Milner
Training Tips - Robert Milner
Top 10 Practices that Interfere with Training Your Dog - Robert Milner     NEW
Training Retrievers - Bobby George     NEW
Through the Eyes of a Rookie Retriever Trainer - Article by Brian Carmody
Training Flow Chart - Mike Lardy
Training Flow Chart - Smartwork
Principles of Training - Mike Lardy
From the Inside Out - Butch Goodwin
Dangers, Distractions, and Dumb Moves - Butch Goodwin
Nine various articles from Evan Graham - Smartwork
10 Pitfalls in Retriever Training, Part 1 - Wildrose Kennels
10 Pitfalls in Retriever Training, Part 2 - Wildrose Kennels
The Unholy Time Schedule - Ducks Unlimited
5 Key Points for Training Retrievers - DU
Training Retrievers Alone - RetrieversOnLine
Keep Training Records - Butch Goodwin
Stand Alones - Dennis Voigt
Fundamental Issues on Training Retrievers - fetchpup.com
Why Your Training Works, or Sometimes Does Not - gunclub-labs.com
Teaching Retrievers to Crawl - Butch Goodwin
Kicking the Cigaring Habit - Butch Goodwin
Dealing With Decoys - Butch Goodwin
Preparing a Retriever for Duck Hunting - GunDogsOnline
10 Commandments of Dog Training - GunDogsOnline
Training the Sensitive Retriever - Mike Lardy
Bird in Mouth, Teaching Doubles - Mike Lardy
Attrition - Mike Lardy
Tough Cookies - Butch Goodwin
Where did the Fun Go? - Butch Goodwin
Don't Just Treat the Symptoms - Butch Goodwin
Walking Singles - Butch Goodwin
A Shot of Steadiness - Butch Goodwin
Trust is a Two-Way Street - Butch Goodwin
Importance of Timing - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Delivery to Hand, Part 1 - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Delivery to Hand, Part 2 - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Delivery to Hand, Part 3 - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Solving Common Training Problems - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Silence is Golden - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
How Your Dog Learns - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Teaching Your Dog to Mark, Part I - Dobbs
Teaching Your Dog to Mark, Part II - Dobbs
Teaching Your Dog to Mark, Part III - Dobbs
Improving Whistle Sit, Part 1 - Dobbs
Improving Whistle Commands, Come In Command - Dobbs
Training Your Dog to Cast - Dobbs
Handling Patterns - Dobbs
Initial Lining Drills - Dobbs
The Training Platform - Dobbs
Handling Drills, Single and Double T - Dobbs
Obstacle Training on the Modified Double T Drill - Dobbs
Steadying the Retriever, Part 1 - DU
Steadying the Retriever, Part 2 - DU
Training Your Dog to Be Steady - Dobbs
Steadying - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Reason to use hand in sending. - Lardy
The Swim By - RetrieversOnLine
A New Way to Teach Swim By - Dobbs

TRANSITION TRAINING ARTICLES
Cheating Singles - Ponderosa Kennels
Balance in Training - Wildrose Kennels
Stand Alone Marks - RetrieversOnLine
Teaching Retired Guns - Working-Retriever.com
Teaching Young Dogs about Poison Birds - Judy Rasmuson
Transition Training - Jackie Mertens
Prerequisites for Taking the Line - Dobbs
Avoiding Gunshyness - Butch Goodwin
The Great Illusion - Blind Retrieves - GunDogsOnline
The Channel Concept - GunDogsOnline
Hunt Dead Whistle - Butch Goodwin
Hide the Duck (Birds in Training) - Butch Goodwin
Escape and Avoidance Responses - Butch Goodwin
How to Keep Your Dog from Switching Between Marks - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
GunShyness:Fact and Fiction - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Marking: Conditioning for concentration - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
The Fundamentals of Blind Retrieves - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Retriever Drills for Marking - James B. Spencer     NEW
Marking Skills Enhanced Through Practice - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
What Does Your Dog Think of Your Handling Skills? - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Shorebreaking - Dobbs
Beginning Water Handling - Dobbs
Introduction to the Channel Blind - Dobbs
Transition to Cold Blinds - Dobbs
The W Drill - Dobbs
Line Manners, Part 1 - Dobbs
Line Manners, Part 2 - Dobbs
Teaching Your Dog to Mark, Part IV - Dobbs
Common Marking Problems, Part V - Dobbs
Handling a Retriever, Part I, The Handlers Job - Dobbs
Handling a Retriever, Part II, Recognizing Hazards - Dobbs
Handling a Retriever, Part III, More Tips - Dobbs
Teaching the Angle Back Cast - Dobbs
"Dead Bird" Used as a Command, Not a Cue - Dobbs
Casting Over - Dobbs

ADVANCED TRAINING ARTICLES
Repeat or not repeat a mark? - Lardy
Better Blind Retrieves - Ducks Unlimited
Adding Polish and Style - DU
Favorite Setups - Multiple Blinds - RetrieversOnLine
Evaluating Your Dog for Advanced Field Work - WorkingRetriever.com
Drills to Improve Marking Ability - Kim Moses
Blinds - Butch Goodwin
Double Mark Head Swinging - GunDogsOnline
Advanced Marking Drills - GunDogsOnline
Blinking Birds, How to Avoid It - John and Amy Dahl
Sight Blinds and Walkouts - Butch Goodwin
For The Birds, Using Birds in Training - Butch Goodwin
Hunting Off the Ground - Mike Stewart/ESPN Outdoors
Secret Weapon Drills - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Advanced Handling in Water - Dobbs
When the Go Bird is the Punch Bird - Dobbs

VARIOUS ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Handling a Bad Day - Dennis Guldan     NEW
Warm Weather Care for Dogs - Bird-Dog-News     NEW
Gun Shy Dogs Can Blossom - Steve Borecky     NEW
Staying in Control - James B. Spencer     NEW
Retriever Hunt Tests - James B. Spencer     NEW
Wellness Tips - gunclub-labs.com
Meat Dogs - Butch Goodwin
Training the Trainer - Butch Goodwin
Bumpers - Canvas or Plastic? - Butch Goodwin
Doc E's Dog Nutriceuticals, FAQ's - Doc E's FAQ
John Cavanaugh's Master Seminar Training Manual - Downloadable Manual
John Cavanaugh's Judging/Training Manual - Downloadable Judgining Manual
Whoa, It's Not Just for Pointing Dogs - Butch Goodwin
River Hunting, Sometimes You Gotta Bend the Rules - Butch Goodwin
Understanding Retriever Pedigrees, Part 1 - Butch Goodwin
Understanding Retriever Pedigrees, Part 2 - Butch Goodwin
The Danger Zone:Heat Exhaustion - Mike Stewart/ESPNO
Cold Water Tail - Ben Character/ESPNO
Choosing a Started or Finished Dog - Vic Barlow/ESPNO
Teaching a Lab to Point - Dobbs
Upland Hunting, Sit to Flush - Dobbs
Upland Hunting, Quartering - Dobbs
Upland Hunting, Beginning Trailing - Dobbs
Upland Hunting, Advanced Trailing - Dobbs

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