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This site is dedicated to my current Yellow Lab "HOMER"
Sunrise in the blind. Nothing is more enjoyable than sharing it with your friends and a well trained Retriever. This blog is a journal of how I trained my first gun dog "Homer". I am in no way a professional trainer, but in less than a year, using only 4 DVD's , I trained Homer. Homer will do blind retrieves well over 150 yards away and he's just over 1 year old. Training him has built an inseparable bond between us. Homer is strictly a hunting retriever we do not compete in field trials. Training your own dog is a ton of fun, you will save thousands of dollars, and the bond created is 100 times better than sending him to a "PRO". Below is a picture of me and Homer with his first Mallard. I hope this site will help you decide to train your own gun dog.
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Last night I kind of ran through all my posts. What I noticed is I’m not expressing the most important thing of all in training Homer, hunting dog training IS A LOT OF FUN!!!!!Training him is almost as much fun as hunting. It’s been a real joy to watch him grow from clumsy unsure pup […]
Now that Homer has been through his first year of hunting dog training and a full hunting season I’ve slacked off on his training. He is doing exceptional and now just needs a dog training “tune-up” a couple times a week. On weekends I’ll take him to a large open area and […]
Here’s a couple tips for voice commands. Unless you want to be yelling all the time, don’t raise your voice when gun dog training. The command should be a quick “Firm” command but no louder than your normal voice. You don’t need to raise the pitch of your voice either, I’ve seen people try […]
How can I make this blog better? My passion is helping you train a great hunting retriever. I really want some comments form you on what subjects you would like to see on this site. I’m having such a great time training Homer that I want you to enjoy training your dog as much as […]
When most people think of an electronic training collar they think “Punishment”. In hunting dog training, this could not be further from the truth. In fact using an electronic collar to punish a gun dog will ruin him.
The collar is simply a means of applying “pressure” on a dog to perform a command quickly When […]
I’m taking a break from Homers training for a couple posts to talk about what I do to keep him healthy. Homer and I just got back from the Vet, for his yearly vaccinations. Homer gets three “extra” shots every year that our house dog’s don’t need. The first is Lyme disease, the second is […]
This post is for those who like me, upland hunt in snake country. The Rattlesnake is a huge menace for upland game dog’s early in the season. They are active in the West well into November. Dogs are very curious about the sound the Rattlesnake makes. Very often they will stick […]
I’ve had numerous people ask the question in the headline. Well the simple answer is his dog training techniques WORK!!! For the avid hunter like me, they solve my three biggest problems, lack of time, money and experience. Because of the Wolter’s DVD’s I get a huge amount of compliments about Homer from my hunting […]