Looking for dog trainer

[sean alarid]

My parents just got 2 lab puppies (black and yellow) and they may be looking for a trainer. Does anybody know of a reasonable priced trainer? If so can you post or P.M. me a price as well?

[Greg_Cornish]

I can teach them to lie down and sit. What else would you like them to do?

[Andi]

Point fish?

[Lugnut]

http://www.centralvalleygundogs.com/

I have known Troy for many years. I have no clue when it comes to dogs (not a hunter) but everyone I have talked to that has used him says he is one of the best around.

[Shad*Wizard]

Check out idodogtricks.com for a little fun!...

[Jerry Fournier]

Hey Sean,
I got my dog trained by luann Pleasant out of Oakdale, Ca. Call me I will give you her number.

Jerry

[DeltaDan]

Sean - For the first 3.5-5 months you just need to spend time with them and daily obence training them. Introducing them to crate training (If you don't start off there ..... You are forked from the get go) - leash and command training. before you even think of sending them off to a trainer. And that will cost ALOT OF $$"s.


You can do everyting on your own - There is a set of tapes that has been through the rounds of three forums from me - the last was Jason P in DBay some 8-9 months ago. PM him and ask him if he can pass them onto you. This is the series here if you have VHS still. ~~> http://www.unclematty.com/store/closeup ... 0&offset=0



AFTER they are introduced gently to the collar and can adheer to hand, verbal, whistle commands .... You can start doing this on your own. It is like any trainer would do .... Take at least two hours a day out of your time and get to know your dog even more.... as it get's to know you as well. Remember- This is when they can fully understand the coller when gently introduced into their training. I burned Cobalt some by introducing it a little two fast - as he was not the same dog as my Ruger .. and I sort of expected him to do the same/same. Every Dog Is Different ... And you will see that yourself.

~~> http://www.dobbsdogs.com/library/retrievers/index.html


Wish you all the best -- But I would never wish to train two pup's at the same time !!


Send Jason P a PM -- and see if you can connect with him for the tapes. I lost his # in a cell that was dropped into the delta.

[NoCAL]

I trained my dog mostly on my own with help from a professional. Sadly he just went on his last pheasant hunt yesterday. He is now 11 years old and just can't put in the miles anymore. I will still take him duck hunting this year but as far as chasing chickens, he is officially retired. Dog training does not come cheap and you wouldn't want to skimp anyway if you really want an obedient, well trained companion/hunter. I don't often plug businesses but I will this time. Steve Klaassen is a personal friend of mine who trains all types of bird dogs in Dixon. He has been in the business more years than either of us can remember. If you truely want a complete education without the heavy handed force training that is sometimes used, give him a call. His website is....

http://blueridgekennels.com/

NoCAL

[sean alarid]

Thanks for all the links and PMs. I'm going to pass on the info.

[Cooch]

Sean, a lil something to pass on to your parents...Labs are very smart and fast learners. There are several types of training availablle. Basic obedience training, learning NO, Sit, Stay, Down, Come, Heel and CRATE are easily enough taught as small puppies by the owner. As Dan mentions, two key tools for this is the leash and a crate. When taught at an early age, Labs will become very intimate and comfortable with their crate. They learn it to become their safe haven and space. Training sessions should be short, but done several times through out the day. As puppies, say to 1-5 Months, treats should not be used during these training seesions, or that puppy will only associate the command to the reward. They need to learn that the command, is a demand, one they must perform out of respect for their owner. Once the short training session is over, yes, affection and rewards can be slipped in.

Your parents should also be forwarbed that Lab puppies, until about 2 years old, ARE NETORIOUS chewers!!!!!!!!!!!! They will destroy anything if not taught at at early age not to mess with your personal property. Have yer parents buy lots of different types of chewey toys, ropes, balls, rubber and hard plastics. They should provide two of each, one for each puppy to avoid one becoming more dominant over the other and becoming aggressive towards each other as they will tend to not want to share. These toys should be scattered through out the home where the puppies are allowed to play, so when they have that urge, they'll go fer "their' toy and not your personal property. It's inevitable something will get destroyed along the way, but this will indeed help to minimize the Lab's natural puppy instinct to exercise it's need to do this.

Beyond this self training, as the puppies grow older and more sofisticated training is desired, your parents can look into obedience, advanced obedience, confirmation, hunting and advanced On-Demand training These can be taught by the owner who feels comfy doing so, many books, vedios and online help are available, as well as there are many proffessional services in every community available for a price. Proffessional training will not be cheap, but it indeed is very successful in helping them to guide the dog towards the pet they want to have.

I grew up with parents entrenched in the dog word, much like we are with bass fishing(No doubt, their ways were the roots to my involvement and direction with bass fishing). Mom & Dad were breeders, trainers and proffessional handlers of Keeshondens, Chows, Rotwiellers and Sharpaes. My mom worked at a Vet's office, they went to dog shows every weekend, many times traveling weeks at a time through out the country on circuits. They ran two training classes a week in Kensington and El Cerrito for many years. Although my mom has since passed, my dad still has many contacts in the dog world. If at any time yer parents need some guidance or help, please feel free to have them drop me a line and I'll be more than happy to help get them pointed in the right direction.

[Dom]

Sean, a lil something to pass on to your parents...Labs are very smart and fast learners. There are several types of training availablle. Basic obedience training, learning NO, Sit, Stay, Down, Come, Heel and CRATE are easily enough taught as small puppies by the owner. As Dan mentions, two key tools for this is the leash and a crate. When taught at an early age, Labs will become very intimate and comfortable with their crate. They learn it to become their safe haven and space. Training sessions should be short, but done several times through out the day. As puppies, say to 1-5 Months, treats should not be used during these training seesions, or that puppy will only associate the command to the reward. They need to learn that the command, is a demand, one they must perform out of respect for their owner. Once the short training session is over, yes, affection and rewards can be slipped in.

Your parents should also be forwarbed that Lab puppies, until about 2 years old, ARE NETORIOUS chewers!!!!!!!!!!!! They will destroy anything if not taught at at early age not to mess with your personal property. Have yer parents buy lots of different types of chewey toys, ropes, balls, rubber and hard plastics. They should provide two of each, one for each puppy to avoid one becoming more dominant over the other and becoming aggressive towards each other as they will tend to not want to share. These toys should be scattered through out the home where the puppies are allowed to play, so when they have that urge, they'll go fer "their' toy and not your personal property. It's inevitable something will get destroyed along the way, but this will indeed help to minimize the Lab's natural puppy instinct to exercise it's need to do this.

Beyond this self training, as the puppies grow older and more sofisticated training is desired, your parents can look into obedience, advanced obedience, confirmation, hunting and advanced On-Demand training These can be taught by the owner who feels comfy doing so, many books, vedios and online help are available, as well as there are many proffessional services in every community available for a price. Proffessional training will not be cheap, but it indeed is very successful in helping them to guide the dog towards the pet they want to have.

I grew up with parents entrenched in the dog word, much like we are with bass fishing(No doubt, their ways were the roots to my involvement and direction with bass fishing). Mom & Dad were breeders, trainers and proffessional handlers of Keeshondens, Chows, Rotwiellers and Sharpaes. My mom worked at a Vet's office, they went to dog shows every weekend, many times traveling weeks at a time through out the country on circuits. They ran two training classes a week in Kensington and El Cerrito for many years. Although my mom has since passed, my dad still has many contacts in the dog world. If at any time yer parents need some guidance or help, please feel free to have them drop me a line and I'll be more than happy to help get them pointed in the right direction.

As always Cooch hit the nail on the head, I will vouch labs are smart dogs I have a choc. lab "MJ" (Mary Jane) and just this 4 day week-end I taught her to close the door. Story behind that is every morning I get up open the garage door to the back yard and just leave it cracked when MJ goes out to go potty, when she comes back in she pushes the door open and leaves it open. I have to get up and go shut the door its a pain in the butt so I taught her MJ "CLOSE DOOR" she now will use her front paws to close the door at my command. Again Labs are very smart dogs.

I now have a towl tied to the ice box door handle I am teaching her to pull open the door and bring me a corona she will pull it open but gets side tracked by the food in the ice box so we are still working on that one But wont be long. She knows all the commands sit ,roll over,come stay, speak and just broke her of the CHEWING! she chewed up our couch cusions! when she was a pup ! So Cooch is right they are chewers but she has not chewed anything up in about 6 months now.

Point is if you take the time with ur dog then it will be ur BFF for life if you just throw the dog in the back yard which I see so many of my friends do and they complain how dumb the dog is when they decide to give it some attention. Well DUH!!! We all would be pretty dumb if we were not educated at one point or another.

Take ur dog with you all the times you can if ur running down the street to the store or on a 3 day camping trip spend as much time as you can, be patient and the reward will be more then you could ask for out of a dog.

I say train ur own dog, becuase its a connection yall will build togeather as you learn the dog, the dog will learn you.

[DAN]

Get them the book retreiver training in 10 minutes a day. Really simple approach to retriever training. More advanced training at my place, ShotShell Labs in Gridley is $800 per month 3 month min. For everything most want can be done at home in 10 minutes a day... Private sessions to give them ideas and approaches on training are $50 per hour...

[mbeasley]

www.canyonwyck.com
carol beasley, professional handler & trainer.

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