Selecting A Working Retriever Trainer-Part One

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Selecting A Working Retriever Trainer-Part One


When selecting a trainer for your pup you need to have some kind of goals in mind for your trainer and pup. The pup may not be up to these tasks but you do not know until the training begins. It’s all the rage to compete in hunt tests now. Most all owners think their dog can learn to handle. Most dogs just do not have what it takes to do this or compete. Owners see the Super Series on TV and think that would be fun to do. Most have no idea what it takes for a dog to do these things. For the owner that is not wanting the pup to compete they should look for a non competing trainer. This is hard to find as most all trainers try their hand at this. You will probably be talked into making your pup a competitor. After all this is how most make their money. If you do choose a trainer that competes check the ratio between the two groups. Most owners think that the pup will see a lot of hunting training -Wrong-. The kennel that makes a living from competition will not have the time to do anything but training for this. We are talking hunt test here not trial. Most trainers that make most of their living off ribbons will not have time for the non competitor. Be very careful and keep a very close eye on the progress of the pup. The not so talented pup in one of these kennels will suffer. The reputable trainer will know very fast if the pup does not have what it takes and tell the owner. When this talk never happens the owner and pup can be strung along, this pup will never see the real training. This kind of trainer just will not have time to mess with the slow pup. When a trainer has 20 or more competition dogs on his truck or in the kennel this eats up the whole day. Most of the slow pups just get the obedience and FF and that’s about it. They sit for weeks on end doing the basic obedience with a few marks with the assistant trainer. The sure fire way to tell if the pup really ever sees the head trainer is if the pup will not listen to the head honcho on a visit. The other dead give away is if the assistant does all the work on the visit as the head trainer explains what is going on. One other trick is to have the real person that trains the pup ,start the obedience on the visit. This will smooth out the pup and then the head trainer takes over. It is the owners responsibility to keep a eye on the pup. They should visit at least once a week to check progress. The kennel that looks down on visits I would not deal with. It is your dog and you need to keep them safe and keep a hand also on you money.