Sagaponack K9 Trainer

05/28/2025

The misguided purely positive crowd hates this guy. You can't fix everything with a treat and a kind voice. If getting tough with a dog saves it from euthanasia, I am all in.

05/21/2025

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03/02/2025

04/02/2023

Starting to work on a split finish

04/02/2023

Happy dog getting in some work and living a retrievers best life.

04/02/2023

Sunday morning retriever training

03/28/2023

Food for thought

In this video How to properly fit a prong collar - Sizing and position of the prong collar - Dog Training Collar Thomas discusses what you need to know to be...

03/22/2023

I offer discounts for Veterans, Firefighters, EMS providers and Law Enforcement

03/22/2023

If anyone local wants to adopt him I will work on his training and behavioral issues for free. https://petrescuereport.com/2023/no-one-wants-basil-so-lets-try-one-more-time-before-he-is-put-to-sleep-by-nyc-shelter/?fbclid=IwAR1xoBaWDV2ShQK0UQUrA041ol5tYmgGHTt0q1CrG0mVrVBI0q8AbB4Q1L4

Spread the loveHope for a sweet dog scheduled to be euthanized today whispers and gently urges us to try one more time to find a home for Basil. He’s a middle-aged dog, a bit on the portly size, but he always makes the best of his situation. He arrived at the New York City Animal […]

03/15/2023

A little back story on the lab with the big smile and the ribbons. He was basically a rescue. An older couple was given two, field bred lab puppies by their grandchildren after the loss of their older lab. They had always had labs and had almost always adopted dogs that came from the seeing eye program but just didn't make the cut. Those labs are typically English bred labs. Anyway, he was overweight and had no training at fifteen or sixteen months of age and was a handful as was his brother, so the owners asked me to rehome both dogs.

After about a year and a half of work Seamus ran his first AKC Hunt Tests. He was a rock star, and the picture shows the results.

I posted this because I want to bring attention to the difference in American or field bred labs and English or show/bench bred labs. A well bred American lab is going to be a smaller dog. Males may reach 80 pounds and females may reach 70 pounds. Of course, there are exceptions. They are almost always very high energy and are very intelligent. They can be a handful without a strong owner who can give them the work and leadership that they need. They are not always the best choice for a companion dog.

English bred labs are the larger, block head dogs that most of associate with labs. They are typically larger. Some males can reach 120 pounds. They are also very smart but tend to be a little more mellow than their American cousins. These guys can be a great companion dog but can also be very competitive in the retriever sports although they tend to lack the speed and endurance of the American lab. If you are thinking of getting a lab pup choose carefully.