Welcome

According to my wife, my hobby or "affliction" as she calls it, is training bird dogs. I do not sell puppies. Occasionally, I offer a finished dog or two for sale. They will be advertised as they come available.


In mid 2026 I retire from my "real" job. A move to somewhere in Eastern Oklahoma, build dog pens, hopefully for the last time. Then I start raising my own litters.

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.

I intend to hunt as much as I can get away with. Spend 4-8 weeks in August-September in N. Dakota. Run in a few field trials each fall and spring. Both walking and horseback.

I may branch into some limited guiding of wild bird hunts. As long as I can handle off horse back.

Along with spending time with my wife, this pretty much constitutes my "retirement" plan. Should keep me fairly busy until I am ready for a rocking chair.

I have no interest in training for the public. I admit to doing a little public training in the past. I have unapologetically been careful of my amateur status for field trials.

I define a finished dog as.

Steady to Wing, Shot and Fall.

Retrieve to hand.
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.

Honor another dogs point.

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.


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.


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. I show it warts and all. I call it the no bull method of sales.

I do have a Facebook page that I post training progress, updates, and my 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.


Bill West

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