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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 training. ...
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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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Kinetic Pro Staff Member Wade Kisner of Sweet Point Setters walks you through a post-hunt tailgate check for injury or irritation in your dogs.
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Kinetic Pro Staff Member Wade Kisner discusses the challenges of feeding English Setters that hunt frequently as part of his professional upland guiding.
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Kinetic Pro Staff member Mike Marsch discusses feeding requirements for world class competitive mushing dogs.
Continue Reading →This article was originally published in the November 2015 issue of The Iowa Sportsman magazine.
In most cases, our dogs are most active during the months of our respective hunting seasons. Even dogs that train regularly during the offseason can be more active during the hunting months because they are guide dogs, or simply hunt hard a few days per week resulting in more calories burnt and more wear and tear on the body.
For maximum performance, as well as a speedy ...
Continue Reading →A version of this article was originally published by Ryan Eder on UplandGundog.com in October of 2014.
The best part of the year for the avid bird hunter is when hunting season is just around the corner. If you’re a waterfowl hunter, chances are you have some kind of early season in September for teal or goose. If you’re an upland hunter, you’re just one or two months from chasing roosters in the field. Either way, as bird dog owners we’ve hopefully been ...
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This is a pretty cool video of some stock dogs fueled by Kinetic at work in the field. These dogs burn a lot of energy and definitely benefit from a high energy, high performance diet.
Thanks to our friends from the Lazy Y Cattle Company in southwest Nebraska for the video. We love to see working dogs doing what they were born to do!
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