I started training my own gun dogs in 1983. I began with upland dogs and had Golden Retrievers. I got my 1st lab in 1992, a black field bred dog named Big Jeff.
In 1996 I got together a string of dogs that I decided to try out in the AKC hunt test game. I had both Breed lines and field lines. I started at JH with very good results and move my dogs along into SH with even better results and on to MH with very good results. I started working with other people’s dogs and did well with them also. While working 2nd shift at Westinghouse and training dogs and Clients by day we tiled a boatload of JH, SH, and MH of every breed. I also got the opportunity meet many people that came for lessons and field marks during the week. They also were doing well with their dogs. Now I work days and I take in 4 to five dogs a month and set up field marks during the evening in spring, summer, and fall, and on Saturday. We have a great property for land and technical water. We’ve been working for years on it and it gets better every year. We’ve also done lots of work with problem dogs for people and have a full-service kennel.