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According to my wife, my hobby, disease or "affliction" as she calls it. Training bird dogs. I do not sell puppies. I raise them and train them.

MY own dogs simply are not enough to train.

I keep 2-3 that I like to hunt over. I cant keep all dogs that I train.

Thus, I occasionally offer a finished dog or two for sale. Helps pay for dog and horse feed expenses. They will be advertised as they come available. The majority are sold before I advertise them. I am content with that. Saves me time and trouble doing ads.

After buying puppies from others and training them to sell I have come to the conclusion that I am better off raising my own litters. Train them and sell them.

I define a finished dog as. Steady to Wing, Shot and Fall and retrieve to hand and dog must honor another dogs point.


I prefer to encourage a natural retrieve, but will force break when needed. I wont breed a bird dog that does not show a natural inclination to fetch.


A dog not trained to this level is not finished.

Quite often dogs lacking this level of training for whatever reason are referred to as "started".

If you are looking for a "started" dog. I cant help you. I sell finished dogs.

LOTS of folks exist that will eagerly fall all over themselves to sell you a "started" dog. Please contact them. Good luck.


The tools I use are simple for my training. Carded feral pigeons that I trap, and sweat equity working dogs on a check cord. No barrels, boards or fishing poles. And I never ever say the word whoa to a dog.

Last year I finally bought two remote launchers and a remote backing dog. Im not a huge fan of launchers, but they come in handy working on backing by myself.


I am not a salesman. So I take videos and post them in public on You Tube, Facebook and here. I have nothing to hide. Im not Robert Redford. My pot belly is prominently displayed in my videos. They are not fancy.

I do have a Facebook page that I post training progress, updates, and my and others thoughts on dog training occasionally.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560822600806

I will always be grateful to Bill Gibbons, Bill West, Maurice Lindley and Mike Jones.

An old, but good video of Bill West explains the training concept I use. Ive modified those techniques a little over the years due to working dogs alone. I cant seem to keep training partners. I burn them out.


Bill West

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