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Training Articles - Picking, Socializing and the Bond Delivery and Care of Your Litter Neutering, Spaying and the Heat How Much is that Doggy in the Window?
Peggy & Xena during winter training
Winter Training for Retrievers By Rick Spoerl After the holidays the weather in Wisconsin as well as many other northern and Midwestern areas of the country become dark and cold. Days are short and the temps drop drastically. People that work day shift don’t have a lot of time to get out with their dog. But after ole Gunner the hunting machine gets food scraps off the floor from Thanksgiving through Christmas and gets basically no exercise, its time to condition and train.Winter is perfect for conditioning. The snow in the Midwest can create a great workout. Retrievers that pound through the snow all winter can be in great shape come the start of our local hunt tests or field trials. Building distance in your dog is easy in the winter because of the lack of cover. He can also see you farther in winter so he is more confident in running long blind retrieves. "READ MORE"
Rick & Peggy with some Geese How Much Force By Rick Spoerl As one of the board members of our dog training club began reading the club rules pertaining to dog abuse, the attending members at our monthly meeting were wondering who this guy witnessed abusing their dogs. After reading the club rules he said he had seen one trainer whip his dog repeatedly, another burn his dog with an e-collar, and another kick his dog into the water. Although I wasn’t at the start of the meeting, when I did get there, everyone was talking about it It just so happens I train with this person, and after hearing about the statement, I to began to wonder what abuse he had seen. "READ MORE" Training Pictures Click on Pictures to enlarge
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"Conserve Game, Hunt with a Trained Dog"
"Hey Pup"
A Word About Training A dog must have a clear understanding or acceptance of who is in charge. We use repetition, attrition and correction to obtain an automatic response to commands.
Wisconsin Retriever Club Web Pages- MANITOWOC COUNTY KENNEL CLUBS HUNTING DOG EXPO GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB OF ILLINOIS WISCONSIN AMETEUR FIELD TRIAL CLUB West Allis Training Kennel Club
Useful Links For The Gun dog Owner Wisconsin Dog Training & Trialing Rules ORTHOPEDIC FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HIP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CANINE INHERITED DISORDERS DATABASE
"Buster, Xena & Peggy"
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SAFE OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS FOR YOUR RETRIEVER Consult your Vet for dosage amount
NEVER USE Kaopectate, Syrup of Ipecac, Fleet enemas, Ex-Lax , Visine, Visine LR, OcuClear, Aleve , Advil, Motrin, any ibuprofen, These can be toxic to dogs.
Hip Dysplasia By Rick Spoerl "I'm sorry sir, your dog has hip dysplasia". That is by far one of the scariest things you could hear after spending two years training your dog. All the time and money spent on old poochie to hear he is probably going to be writtled with arthritis and in tremendous amounts of pain, much less certainly taken out of a breeding program. It happened to my Father over 30 years ago and thank god in all the dogs he has had since, have been dysplasia free. I have been lucky. In the 7 dogs I have had, I have yet to see a genetic disease in my own dogs. But I have friends that weren't as fortunate. "READ MORE"
It happened on opening day of the South Dakota 2003
pheasant season. Hundreds of bird hunters were caught off guard as the
temperatures rose into the eighties. Within a couple of hours dozens of dogs
became heat stressed and they began pouring into local vets offices for IV's and
heat stroke treatment. By the end of the day over a hundred dogs had died. Many
more suffered but survived. Don't let this happen to you.
Running in the Heat By Rick Spoerl Mid summer trials and hunt tests can be real scorchers. Be smart with your dog and yourself. Everyone knows that dogs don’t sweat. They dissipate heat or regulate body temperature by panting. They release heat through their tongues. In the hot months of summer we as dog owners need to pay strict attention to our dogs during extreme heat. Dogs sitting in the backs of trucks topping temperatures of 90 degrees are in need of air movement as well as frequent watering. "READ MORE"
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