Solid Foundation Gundogs

03/25/2025

Dudes a beast! I love this

03/22/2025

7 bumper lining drill with Ivy.

02/20/2025

Environmental socialization and a few little retrieves for Chum!

01/07/2025

Don’t be in a hurry to get the dogs out and immediately put them to work. It will condition a response of excitement to get out of the box.

Doing so many guided hunts, we have gotten into a pattern of opening up the kennel door, releasing the dog and basically going straight to work . This led to some whimpering in the kennel and today instead of hunting we did a training session.

All the dogs that we train go through this to some degree, regardless of breed. Standing calmly on the tailgate or on a breaking table is something that the versatile or pointing dogs do more than a retrievers. That being said, I think there’s a lot of value in teaching a dog to stand calling quietly in a relaxed state.

If we condition a response of getting out of the truck standing or sitting calmly then that is what we’re gonna get.

01/03/2025

Little pheasant hunt with all 3 dogs (one puppy). It’s pure chaos, heads on a swivel the whole time!

12/23/2024

Jaxx waiting on some ducks! Tugg and I sure were happy to get out on a hunt with our good buddies and Jaxx!

12/12/2024

The big 3 retrievers. Labrador, Golden Retriever and Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

11/10/2024

First Chesapeake Bay Retrieve in a long time, since our duck dog when I was a kid. Very exciting to welcome “Gains” to the team!

08/11/2024

Bella picked up 2 seasoned passes this weekend. Half way to her first title.

08/01/2024

We’d like to start offering a service to anyone that would like to have high quality photos of their dogs.
If you have interest in photos of your 4 legged friends for stud/dam pictures, puppy/ litter photos or just a cool action shot of your dog we’ll make it happen!
Water entries and retrieves, flushing birds roosters or standing on an intense point we’d like to help!

Pm to reach out about availability!

07/31/2024

Ani Rose gets bigger ever day. She’s almost 5 months old. Puppy teeth are going to start coming out anytime now, then the real work begins!
Whiskey Grain Kennels Kona pup.

07/20/2024

07/13/2024