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Good luck to Sammie Thompson (2 dogs) and Justin Aimone (1 dog) at the National Amateur!! I can't describe the feeling of how proud i am of you two qualifying this year. One series and one bird at a...

For people trying to change your dogs behavior creeping/noise or whatever don't forget you should always teach or in this case reteach in a YARD/DRILL environment. Teach before you take it...

Anybody interested in training tuesday and wednesday this week we will be pre national training in Pleasant Mount north of Scranton. We have a small group so invite is there. Call me if you like..484...

Seminars are fine but if you don't put to use the info you learned it's a wasted trip. Just imagine the results you could have if you could train with people that had knowledge like that everyday. I...

Put your dog on a rope go back to stop to pile and fix it..Randy

1) Most important...Stan, I didn't mean to upset you , not my intention...you took my post the wrong way.
2) Everybody....Stans a good man in trying to help others, cut him some slack
3) Obedience...

The problem with trying to fix noise and control issues at every training session is that you never get to train and advance your dog. When teaching a dog something new you like to start the day...

As an amateur...Trained before work...trained at lunch...trained after work till dark...trained all day Saturday and Sunday...trained holidays...trained under lights in the winter in the evening...

The bumper in the mouth approach works for awhile as a band aid approach BUT the end result will result with a noisy dog..Randy

Don't start FF because the adult teeth are in or because the dog is 6 months old....start when the dog is mentally ready, could be much later than the usual answer of 6 months of age....Randy

Most young dogs that have desire to retrieve are noisy sometime thru there training. When you run JH there isn't much for a dog to hate about that part of his life. Issues could really start down the...

Teaching a square sit should be started early on in the program, stopping to a pile with a rope on the dog you can control the direction of sit easily. Whatever you as a trainer promote early in...

Talking about this set up and that set up...etc..last week complaints about a derby judge and a complaint about long distances in trials. Do the hunt test and field trial dogs some justice, ASK YOUR...

palmettodukker, if this person is near cheraw south carolina tell him to call me if he wants to discuss his noisy dog, i'm here till April...484 332 9781...Randy

No matter what program you decide to use it's better and easier to find someone to help you who knows what they're doing, reading your dog is crucial no matter what avenue you choose. Tapes and dvds...

You guys keep talking about the dog and lining drills, get away from the usual wagon wheel lining drills when they move with you...I'm bored their bored too.Does your dog have issues with short marks...

Quit blaming the guns...Raise your children to have respect for others...raise them to have good judgement and beliefs...don't let the schools raise the kids and many issues would go away...

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JAM, give it a shot, competing dogs aside of each other is always a challenge...

JAM, sorry but if i wrote the 12 step process down here it would take pages and pages, hours and hours..really it would. 12 steps of getting a dog that's older to be quiet is harder because don't...

I should clarify also that the puppy fix program is alot different than the older dog program, we call it the 12 step program here and each step must be done 100% before moving on to the next step. ...

The correction I use is what they've been trained on prior...Collar Condition sit nick...heel nick...here nick..most of the corrections are done prior to getting to the line. Remember very little...

Anyone have questions fire away here or pm, will answer real early or later in the day...Randy

Bottom line for most noise and line issues are the owners, we all love our dogs but when we work we work when we play we play. Amateur time is crucial but don't put the retrieve before obedience if...

Step 6) If this is all new to you make sure all steps are 100% before moving on!!!
Always use the same chaining of events from now on, your group has to understand that you need your space awhile...

Step 5) Most important thing to watch for is a change in the dogs attitude, is he still fighting you or did you really break him down?
After this puppy calmed down we walked him under control to...