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Cody,

I know exactly where you are coming from. I bought various programs and tried to follow them but one that I really clicked with was Training a Retriever Puppy by Bill Hillmann, which I...

My sincere condolences to Steve, Bill and Brick. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching Nick on the video and training in Iowa and Texas. He will be missed.

ssrampage, congratulations on your new puppy. This post is in response to your original question "Why Hillmann?"

I took a gamble on this DVD after reading Dennis Voit's review in Retrievers...

A number of months ago I got a chance to train with Brick, he is more interested in teaching a dog something on a training day than testing a dog. Over a period of time this will be more productive....

I have been really watching this thread closely and I have a couple of comments that might be important.

First, the puppy video is far more than a puppy video, it is a philosophy of how to train....

Greenhead Smacker:

I saw Nick Jr. (Hawkeye's Victory at Sea) yesterday and watched him train. He is at Westfork Retrievers in Sheffield, IA with Brick Hejlik. Nick is qualified all age at Watopa...

I have the Hillmann puppy video and the force fetch video as well. I had been wondering what to do next, and hoping there is subsequent video on the way.

I saw Bill Hillmann at one of his...