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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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There is tons of opinions on the subject of whether or not to keep you gun dog in the hose or outside. To me its a matter of personal preference. Homer is my pet, he lives in my house, always has and always will. Many old timers will swear up and down keeping a retriever […]
One of the most important things I’ve learned from training Homer is to keep the sessions short and FUN. One thing I do, that is not stressed in the DVD’s, is FUN BUMPERS. Fun bumper’s are a reward for doing a good job.
Homer learned fun bumpers at around 10-12 weeks old as a […]
A quick report on how Homer is doing. I’ve hunted ducks 6 times so far this season and Homer is doing OUTSTANDING. At a private club I hunt he is consistently doing 150-200 yard marks and blinds.
Last week-end I used him to take care of me and another set of hunters in a blind 75 […]
I’ve been out at a private club, duck hunting a few times this year and got a REAL good demonstration on how NOT to use an electronic collar. I watched a “Professional” trainer burn a confused dog so badly the dog completely shut down. This person was asking his dog to do something […]