Gun Dog Success

Gun Dog Success ​Every dog is an individual, and every owner has their own goals for their dog.

Our dog training program involves evaluating your dog, listening to your goals and then designing a program customized to bring your dog to his/her maximum potential.

08/19/2025

Success in the hunt test environment is greatly contributed to preparation. Kane is well above the level needed to perform a seasoned test. That is the very reason that this past weekend was his very first attempt. Rushing your dog into the game is a great way to pattern failure or lack of control.

Gun Dog Success had a great time at Kankakee River HRC. Thankyou to all the club members and fellow participants! Congra...
08/18/2025

Gun Dog Success had a great time at Kankakee River HRC. Thankyou to all the club members and fellow participants!

Congratulations to the following dogs on their passes and these new achievements.

•New HRCH Sunny owned by Art Costa

• 4x GRHRCH UHCH Widow MH Hit 1,000 points putting her into the HRC Hall of Fame (HOF)

•3 clients handled their own dogs in started this weekend. Congratulations to Mattie (Started title), Chunk, and Blaze!

08/12/2025
Introducing new Grand Hunting Retriever Champion UHCH Pufhals Duckfoot Itchin Ivy Congratulations Matt & Krista Pufahl
05/27/2025

Introducing new Grand Hunting Retriever Champion UHCH Pufhals Duckfoot Itchin Ivy

Congratulations Matt & Krista Pufahl

03/31/2025
We had a great time at Horicon Marsh HRC. We passed 100% of our dogs. Thankyou to the club for helping us run this numbe...
03/04/2025

We had a great time at Horicon Marsh HRC. We passed 100% of our dogs. Thankyou to the club for helping us run this number of dogs through their test. Just getting dogs to the line in time can be and tough and they are some of the best coordinators ever! We cannot say Thankyou enough.

🔥 Congratulations to the following. 🔥 💪

Duke-4 passes
Boscoe- 4 passes and. UHCH title
Jasper-4 passes
Reba-2 passes and UHCH title
Bella-4 passes
Brandy-4 passes and UHCH title
Lady-4 passes
Widow-4 passes
Foxey-4 passes and UH title
Voodoo-2 passes and UH title
Coco-4 passes
Kaycee-4 passes

02/27/2025
Introducing the newHRCH Sabbath!Congratulations Ethan Aicher as his dog has had a 100% pass rate so far in his career.
08/26/2024

Introducing the new

HRCH Sabbath!

Congratulations Ethan Aicher as his dog has had a 100% pass rate so far in his career.

HRCH Bean snagged another 2 finished passes.
08/26/2024

HRCH Bean snagged another 2 finished passes.

HRCH Reba secured 2 more finished passes to her name this weekend. Congratulations Dennis Weiss
08/26/2024

HRCH Reba secured 2 more finished passes to her name this weekend. Congratulations Dennis Weiss

Mr. Pope in his hunt test debut went 2 for 2 this weekend in seasoned. He has a bright future ahead of himself.
08/26/2024

Mr. Pope in his hunt test debut went 2 for 2 this weekend in seasoned. He has a bright future ahead of himself.

HRCH Coco with another 2 finished passes the weekend. Congratulations Richard Pankey!
08/26/2024

HRCH Coco with another 2 finished passes the weekend. Congratulations Richard Pankey!

Address

1458 N 1700 East Road
Roberts, IL
60962

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+12173952588

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The Start

Raised by a veterinarian in a hunting family with multiple hunting dogs, Dan Ihrke’s exposure to animal science started early. He has been training flushing, retrieving, and pointing dogs at Green Acres Sportsman’s Club for 22 years, and has trained and bred many field and hunt test champions of multiple breeds.

In his first 10 years as a professional trainer, Dan developed a unique dog training program through applying his scientific background while training dogs. This program, affectionately and appropriatly named Gundog Success, focuses on using the dogs own instinct as positive reinforcement for the correct behavior. Each dog is evaulated as an individual and training is customized for the dogs unique personality.

The next 5 years were focused on educating multiple trainers that could consistently reproduce this training process. Only passionate, hardworking, intelligent individuals that have a true love for dog training receive the honor of being a Gundog Success trainer.

Gundog Success, takes on the challenge of training any breed of hunting dog, and many non-hunting domestic breed bringing each dog to their maximum potential.