Walkup – Diversion – Poison Bird – No Bird Setup

This setup I really like to run a time or two the week of a hunt test weekend. We can easily see where our pups are at when it comes to control thru this setup. It’s real easy to make this setup even tougher or easier depending on pup’s abilities. So be...

Dual Walking Wagon Wheel Drill

I absolutely love the dual walking wagon wheel drill. It provides our pups a new line versus the old to two separate piles. A great way to build confidence on blinds, straighter lines, teaches pups to fight factors, gain trust in us a team and more.

Maintenance Training VS Advancing In Training

Maintenance Training is training geared to still challenge our pups with concepts already taught yet within what we would consider their abilities to handle each mark well. Maintenance Training keeps our pups in shape and thinking about old falls in relation to other...

Deuce – Short Bird/Long Bird Setup With Outside Under The Arc Bird Concept

Deuce, owned by Eli Ratcliff. The One for One Drill is designed to increase your pups confidence, drive and desire when first moving to the Transition portion of The Retriever Trainer’s Training Schematic. Thru this drill and incorporating marking and blind...

Cash – Cross Point Pattern Blind (Under The Arch Blind) With Land Marks For Suction

Cash, owned by Cody Custer. Here we stretch our pup out on one of their pattern blinds. Then we use the One for One Drill and quite simply teach each concept of mark to blind. The new marks with the Pattern Blind stretched out increases our pups chance for success...

Cash – Outside Marks With Blind Up The Middle Blind (One for One Drill)

Cash, owned by Cody Custer. Cash is a dog that is has just moved into the Transition portion of The Retriever Trainer’s “Training Schematic”. When pups first move into this portion of training we are going to rely heavily on the One for One Drill as...