Is Your Retriever an Outlier?

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Hunting Retriever Outlier

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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What is Important in Every Retrieve

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Retrieve Training for Hunting Dogs

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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From Scrap Heap to Master Hunting Retriever

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Training a Master Hunting Retriever

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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