Working Together: Expectations

HUNT DOG

We‘ll establish the best foundation and do the heavy lifting for you and provide you with tools, hands-on experience, and continued support.

YOU

Buy in to the process. That's what we require. Complete the learning, go over materials prior to handler workshops, join the Facebook group, and take advantage of post training Private Lessons. Become the best handler/owner you can be and we promise you’ll have a more rich life and enjoy the HECK out of taking your dog to the woods.

Hear From A Trainer

the recipe for success

Preparing the Dog For You

We take a versatile but positive-reinforcement based approach to dog training that emphasizes clear communication, expectations, and a mutual respect for one another. On the trailing side, real deer parts are used from hooves laid with Wasgau Tracking Shoes.

Preparing You for the Dog

Throughout the program, you'll have access to an e-learning course that teaches you the relevant information related to how dogs learn, how scent works, and how prepare you for success for each in-person workshop.

Skill Transference

Our number 1 priority is for you to have a reliable companion in the woods and at your home. No matter how good a dog performs for us, what use is it if that behavior doesn’t carry over to your home and continue to improve? As a part of your program, we STRONGLY encourage two "Handler Workshops" plus our "Go Home Workshop"

Providing Continued Support

Once our portion of the training is over you’ll be able to join a growing private Facebook group of HUNT DOG handlers who share values and approach, and operate with a common vocabulary for dog Training, Management, and Handling.

In addition to this collaborative community, you and your dog will have free private lessons, for the life of your dog. These can be used for tuning up obedience, checking your trailing with blind tracks, testing/certification prep, or sharpening off-leash reliability through adventure.

Member’s Weekend

Great Food

Special Guest Speakers

Hands-On Workshops

Trailing Dog Field Trials

Spring Training

Great Food

Hands-On Workshop

Is This The Right “Fit” for you?

Active Involvement

We aim to lay a solid foundation for your best friend. However, success with living and working with your dog will come from what you repeatedly and consistently do with your dog.

Learning Mindset

If you want a “set it and forget it” solution, get a crockpot. We want to serve those who desire to grow their skill as a handler and trainer.

Ethical Tracking

The Anti-Hunting AND Hunting community both always finds reasons to push against what others value as a tradition and activity. We aim to do everything in our power to promote the reality of trailing as an act of conservation.