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Duck Pond Retrievers LLC Professional Gundog and Obedience Training

10/06/2026

ZIP is right where we want him.

At 8 months old, we haven’t buried him under a pile of rules.

Other than “HERE means HERE,” we’ve let him be a pup. Let him mature. Let him learn to love the work.

Because DRIVE, DESIRE and CONFIDENCE can’t be manufactured later.

We’ve introduced him to gunfire, live birds and water. We’ve built his marking. We’ve nurtured a genuine desire to retrieve.

Right now, he’s still in that clumsy, awkward puppy stage legs everywhere, body growing faster than he knows how to use it.

But that won’t last forever.

Soon, that awkward pup will turn into a hard charging animal with some serious wheels underneath him.

Now it’s time to start putting structure around all that raw ability.

But I’m in no rush to have an 18-month-old Master Hunter just so I can say we did it.

I want to be thorough.

I want the foundation right.

Every step should prepare him for the next not rush him through the process just to check a box.

I’d rather have a Cadillac at 4 years old than a Civic at 18 months old.

ZIP has plenty of time.

Build the dog, not the timeline.

10/06/2026

THIS is what we’re looking for DRIVE!

I’d rather have one make a mistake going 100 MPH than make the right move with half-hearted effort. If you’re gonna be wrong, be wrong WIDE OPEN!

When you’re raising these pups, don’t be so quick to start putting rules on everything they do. Let them GO. Let them make some mistakes. Let them get some wheelz under them before you start trying to install the brakes.

You can clean things up later. It’s a whole lot easier to put brakes on one that wants to GO than it is to put a motor in one that doesn’t.

Build the DRIVE first. Polish comes later.

That’s just my opinion, for what it’s worth.

🏆 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH — AUGUST 🏆Another month in the books, and it’s time to recognize the one who showed up, put in t...
08/25/2026

🏆 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH — AUGUST 🏆

Another month in the books, and it’s time to recognize the one who showed up, put in the work, and helped keep Duck Pond Retrievers moving forward.

August Employee of the Month goes to Madi Chris!

Hard work doesn’t go unnoticed around here. Whether it’s working dogs, cleaning kennels, keeping things organized, or handling the hundred little things that have to happen every day, it all matters.

Do y’all have those dogs ready for dove season? Dove season heat is HARD on a dog, don’t let your ego ruin a young dog. ...
08/21/2026

Do y’all have those dogs ready for dove season?

Dove season heat is HARD on a dog, don’t let your ego ruin a young dog. Set him up for success. You don’t have to pick up every bird, and he doesn’t have to hunt all day to prove anything.

If he gets tired, put him up. If he’s overwhelmed, slow it down. If he simply isn’t ready yet, leave him at home.

There will be plenty more hunts. Build the dog you want for years to come instead of trying to prove something on opening day.

Duck Pond Retrievers LLC

08/15/2026

DUCK POND RETRIEVERS LLC- $500 GIVEAWAY 💵

We’re giving away a $500 CREDIT WITH DUCK POND RETRIEVERS LLC! 🦆🐾

The winner can use the $500 credit toward:

🐾 Retriever/Gundog Training
🐾 A Basic Obedience Course
🐾 Boarding

Don’t have a dog that needs training right now? ENTER ANYWAY!

This $500 credit belongs to the winner and can be transferred as a gift to someone else. Use it for your own dog, give it to a friend or family member, or surprise somebody who could use training or boarding!

🚨 IMPORTANT — ALL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED ON THIS ORIGINAL POST! 🚨

To be entered, you MUST:

• FOLLOW the Duck Pond Retrievers LLC page
• LIKE THIS ORIGINAL POST
• SHARE THIS ORIGINAL POST
• TAG 3 friends IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS ORIGINAL POST

One entry per person.

If you see this giveaway because someone shared it, make sure you come back to the original post on the Duck Pond Retrievers LLC page to complete your entry. Likes and comments on shared copies of the post will NOT count toward your entry.

🏆 HOW WE’LL PICK THE WINNER:

Once the giveaway closes, we’ll verify the entries. The names of everyone who completed ALL FOUR requirements on the original post will be entered into a random name generator.

Then we’re going LIVE right here on the Duck Pond Retrievers LLC page on Saturday, August 22nd at 3:00 PM to randomly select our $500 winner! 🎥🏆

Tune in and watch us draw the winner LIVE!

Whether you’ve trusted us with your dog, recommended us to a friend, shared a post, or simply followed along THANK YOU. Your support means more to my family and me than you probably realize.

Now let’s give somebody $500 toward their dog! 👊🦆🐾

📅 Entries close: Saturday, August 22nd at 2:00 PM
🎥 LIVE DRAWING: Saturday, August 22nd at 3:00 PM

Duck Pond Retrievers LLC
Linden, Alabama 🦆🐾

08/15/2026

Blue is learning the mechanics of multiple marks before we ever ask him to run them as true multiples.

Here we have a triple set up, but we’re running it as bird-in-mouth singles. Each time Blue returns with a bird, the next mark is thrown while he still has the previous bird in his mouth. This allows us to introduce the picture and mechanics of a multiple while keeping each retrieve simple and successful.

Right now, the goal isn’t testing memory it’s building confidence, momentum, and teaching him to come out of one retrieve ready to immediately identify and focus on the next fall.

As his understanding develops, we’ll begin asking him to remember more of the picture and eventually put all three birds together as a true triple.

Teach the concept before you test the concept.

Atta dog, Blue! 🐾

08/15/2026

Buck is starting to pick up some triples in the field while we continue developing his casting in the yard. Soon enough, we’ll start throwing some blinds into the mix and begin bringing the two together.

Just because we’re working on new concepts in the yard doesn’t mean our field work has to stall. We can continue building on his marking concepts, memory, and confidence while keeping that momentum up in the field, all while developing the tools we’ll need for more advanced work in the yard.

Keep building the tools. Keep building the dog. Keep moving forward.

Atta dog, Buck! 🦆💪

08/11/2026

We’ve got Blue here picking up some marks at distance!

Blue came to us a little later in life than some pups, and sometimes that presents a unique challenge. When a dog has spent most of its life only seeing hand thrown marks at 40–50 yards, they can hit a mental wall when you start stretching things out. It’s almost like they don’t believe the world gets any bigger than what they’ve always known.

That’s where confidence and repetition come into play.

Here we can see Blue starting to break through that wall, carrying himself farther, trusting what he saw, and finding success at distance. Every successful retrieve builds a little more confidence and teaches him that it’s okay to get out there and GO!

We’ll keep stretching him out and building on that confidence one mark at a time.

Atta dog, Blue! Proud of this guy! 💪🐾

08/11/2026

We received our new 5-shooter from Thunder Launcher today, so of course we had to let Zip give it a try this evening!

This was a pretty solid mark for a 6 month old pup. He drove into the area, established a hunt, stayed with it, and came up with the bumper. 💪

As he continues to develop, his marking will get sharper and he’ll learn to really use that nose once he gets into the area of the fall to pin those marks down quicker. That all comes with time, experience, and plenty of reps.

We’ve been really happy with what we’ve seen out of this little guy so far. He’s got plenty of drive, and he sure enjoys playing the game!

Atta pup, Zip! 🐾🔥

July’s employee of the month
08/07/2026

July’s employee of the month

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Linden, AL
36748

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