Retrievers: Hunting up
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsBirds don't always fall where you expect. Often they fall on top of things like beaver dams or even into trees.
Story | Conversation | July 12, 2006Part III: Training a dog for the Dakotas
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsThis is the third installment in a series titled Dakota Dog. We will examine how to prepare your dog for this special area of our country … the Dakotas.
Story | Conversation | June 28, 2006Q&A: Training too much, too soon
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsWhat to do if you tackle too much and your dog gets bored with training.
Story | Conversation | April 19, 2006Dakota dog: The prairie-pothole retriever
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsThis is the first article in a series titled Dakota Dog. We will examine how to prepare the retriever and flushing dog to meet the challenges of this special area of our country … the Dakotas.
Story | Conversation | January 03, 2006Part III: Training the river dog
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsIn part three, we examine training techniques designed to teach your dog how-to mark and retrieve game in fast-moving water
Story | Conversation | August 29, 2005Q&A: Holding, bombs, heavy-handedness
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsAnswers questions about bomb dogs, hold conditioning, heavy-handedness and obedience.
Story | Conversation | August 11, 2005Part II: Training the river dog
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsAs a follow-up article to "Part I: The making of a river dog," we will move on to part two in this three-part series. In this column we will examine training techniques designed to prepare your dog for the challenges of retrieving birds across moving water.
Story | Conversation | July 01, 2005Q&A: Increasing marking ability
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart answers a users question about improving the marking ability of his Lab.
Story | Conversation | June 01, 2005Running circle memory doubles
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsThe goal of CMD is to teach the dog to hold a straight line to a bird or bumper despite the interference of factors, distractions or influences. The exercise also improves the dog's memory as an added benefit, much better than double-marking drills could produce.
Story | Conversation | May 02, 2005The making of a river dog
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsThe first opportunity your waterdog has to make a retrieve across a fast-moving river or swollen creek, both you and your dog may be in for a surprise.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2005Q&A: Sit-to-whistle problems
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart answers a question about sit-to-whistle problems and jumping on people
Story | Conversation | January 27, 2005Q&A: Lining blinds, no-point Brittany
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart answers a question about condition to hold and delivery to hand
Story | Conversation | January 27, 2005Q&A with a professional dog trainer
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart has nearly 30 years of experience breeding and training sporting dogs and is currently training Drake, the official Labrador retriever of Ducks Unlimited. To learn more about Wildrose Kennels and the training methodology used by Mike, visit www.uklabs.com. If you have a training question, email Mike and he may answer your question in an upcoming column.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 2004Q&A with a professional dog trainer
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart has nearly 30 years of experience breeding and training sporting dogs and is currently training Drake, the official Labrador retriever of Ducks Unlimited. To learn more about Wildrose Kennels and the training methodology used by Mike, visit www.uklabs.com. If you have a training question, email Mike and he may answer your question in an upcoming column.
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2004Q&A with a professional dog trainer
Mike Stewart, Owner/trainer Wildrose KennelsMike Stewart has nearly 30 years of experience breeding and training sporting dogs and is currently training Drake, the official Labrador retriever of Ducks Unlimited. To learn more about Wildrose Kennels and the training methodology used by Mike, visit www.uklabs.com. If you have a training question, email Mike and he may answer your question in an upcoming column.
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