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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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Kinetic Staff Member and Upland Gundog Association President, Ryan Eder, discusses the feeding program he uses to keep his Retrievers in the game during the season.
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The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a large breed with a coat that’s generally thick, short and somewhat harsh with a fine, wooly undercoat that’s well suited to wet, cold conditions. Color usually ranges from dark sedge to lighter brown shades with some flexibility. Solid colors are preferred but a white spot on the breast, belly, toes, or back of the feet is allowed. The hair coat should be slightly wavy and no more than 1 1/2″ long. Tails are left ...
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The Labrador Retriever is a large breed with a double layered coat that’s smooth and short. American Labs generally have a coat that’s solid black, yellow or chocolate in color although grey or silver ones are becoming more common. British Labs also include a fox red color. Tails of Labs should be pretty straight and are left full.
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