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Trainer: Wes Lodes
New Ulm, Minnesota
(507)-276-8541
wes_gsp@hotmail.com
 

If you plan on having a simple companion hunting dog or want a polished tournament, hunt test, or field trial dog, I have the knowledge and experience to develop your pointing dog to his/her fullest potential with my proven training methods. We train accordingly to what you desire in your hunting or field trial dog. Each dog in training is trained differently, according to his/her personality and ability to learn because not every dog is the same as the next. We do extensive training in the field, hunting dogs on pigeons, quail, chukars, and pheasants. We have access to many birds, and fields to train in which I feel is important to make a bird dog great. Our goal when training pointing dogs is to develop a bold, confident, stylish, well minded gun dog.


Training we can do:

-Puppy intro to birds/gunfire
-Yard work (obedience training)
 -here
 -heel
 -whoa
 -e collar conditioning
-Forced retrieve
-Steadying to wing and shot
-Stop to flush
-Running with a brace mate
-Honoring brace mates point
-Correcting faults
-Preparing for field trials/ hunt tests/ tournaments/ shoot to retrieve

Dog and owner session

If you wish to train your pointing dog on your own but would like some knowledgeable help along the way this program is designed for you. In this program you bring your bird dog out to our training kennel and we work with both you and your pointing dog, training you to train your dog. During the dog and owner session we will work with your dog and with other dogs that are at the same level of training as yours and some that are at the next stage. This is designed so we can work through some problem you might be having with your pointing dogs training, and so you can see what you will be working up to and the steps to get there. The session is approximately one hour long and scheduled on weekends for your convenience.

Conditioning

There is nothing worse than a dog that is ready to quit hunting before you are.

I’ll get you’re dog in shape for hunting or field trial season by roading him/her on the side of a motorized golf cart or 4-wheeler. This consists of puting the dog into a harness that is snaped to a chain on a pipe attached to the side of the cart. Dogs pull in the harness while the vehicle is in motion. They are conditioned for one hour every other day in the evenings when temperatures are cooler. Roading improves, endurance, strength, and toughens up pads. View Photo

Training and boarding rates
Stage of trainingDaily rateMonthly rate
Boarding$12
Puppy intro$13.33$400
Obedience (yard work)$15$450
Steady to wing & shot$15$450
Forced retrieve$16.66$500
Dog & Owner session$40/1 hr session$140 (4 sessions)
Conditioning (roading)$12$360
Any other training$15$450
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