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I still recall the scared and nervous feeling I had when I ran my first hunt test. To me, it was the most difficult and challenging thing in the world. I had worked on training my dog for two years… and now we’re running our first test. The “what if’s” ran wild in my head. ...
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When I travel to South Dakota hunting pheasant, or Saskatchewan for Hungarian Partridge, I typically go with a very good friend of mine. He’s got a British Lab that he’s hunted with now for about a decade. Riley is a very good retriever… he’s made many great retrieves and worked hard in the field his ...
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Several years ago, I got into reading books written by Malcolm Gladwell. No, he’s not a retriever trainer, but rather studies and researches cultural phenomena. One of his books was titled, “Outliers”. In this book, Gladwell described his theory of 10,000 hours. Basically, he gives many examples of people who do things far above the ordinary. ...
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During my 35-year career as a teacher and a coach, I had to approach my work with students in different ways depending on what the learning task called for, teaching or training. Sometimes a task involved learning something new, and that was teaching. Sometimes it was performing a task to perfection, and that was ...
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I’ve read books and watched videos from many “expert” retriever trainers. They approach the development and growth of retrievers in different strategies, drills, techniques, and routines. I can’t say that I do only what Mike Lardy teaches, or only what Bill Hillmann does, or only what I read about from Evan Graham (or many ...
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This article is the first in a series by Paul Agranoff on raising, training, hunting and competing with hunting Labrador Retrievers.
I came to the world of Retriever games in 2010 after my retirement from 35 years as a classroom teacher. We had gotten a puppy in October of 2009, and my plan was to ...
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National Sponsorship to support organizational commitment to Labrador Retriever hunt testing
3-Amigos Nutrition Group, LLC, the makers of Kinetic Performance Dog Food, today announced a new sponsorship agreement with the American Pointing Labrador Association (APLA). Effective immediately, Kinetic, a line of premium foods and supplements specifically formulated for active, working and sporting dogs, ...
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Effective December 31, 2021, Kinetic Performance Dog Food will no longer be available through Hubbard Feeds. Customers who have been purchasing Kinetic from Hubbard will be able to purchase our products from a number of alternative distributors. Our new distribution partners include one national, and several regional and sub-regional distributor options with a ...
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With many of us gearing up for the hunting season, we thought it would be a good time to cover a topic related to exercise recovery. A lot of dog owners and handlers have heard about drink mixes and other hydration products for their dogs but haven’t been willing to give them a try. ...
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This is a topic that comes up frequently in discussions with working dog professionals. For many of us, olfactory detection is an important part of what our dogs need to do. This could include anything from tracking humans or animals to finding drugs, explosives or other targeted odors. While there’s a ...
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