Blue Ribbon Kennels

Training Programs

Our clients are encouraged to actively participate in the training sessions throughout the duration of the training cycle. The training process is not complete until our clients can effectively handle their retrievers in a hunting situation. We offer handbooks, workshops and videos for our clients' instructional support.

Basic Retriever (4-5 month program)

Puppies are accepted into this program as early as 6 months old. The training emphasizes all basic retriever skills including extensive obedience, steadiness, honoring, marking, delivery conditioning, lining, memories, basic handling (hand signals), and steady to flush. Dogs are exposed to various hunting terrain and environments (both land and water) and a variety of birds including dove, quail, chukar, duck and pheasant . For the pup of average ability and temperament you can expect a quiet, responsive, obedient, reliable retriever who is steady to shot, proficient in single and double marks in varied environments, and has a good start on hand signals and blind retrieves.

Advanced Retriever Training (3 months)

This curriculum builds upon the foundation skills established in the basic program. This process may begin after one hunting season exposure. Additional elements include lining, multiple memories and extended marking, handling drills, steadiness refinement, site and cold blinds, tracking runners, and diversions (gunfire/birds).
Obedience Course (1 month)

Designed specifically for your companion dog, this course conditions the pup in basic obedience commands: heel, here, sit stay, remote recall, down, load, kennel and box training. This is considered to be the basic "good citizen" course designed to make your dog a socialized, well-mannered part of your family.

Pre-Season Tune Up (1 to 2 months)

The tune-up curriculum is for Blue Ribbon Kennels Started or Finished Retrievers in need of pre-hunting conditioning, honing of particular skills or minor problem solving exercises. Refresher work includes obedience drills, memories, steadiness, multiple marks, lining, precision handling, site and cold blinds, and bird work. Your dog will be exposed to extensive of gunfire and birds.

Please keep in mind that not all dogs learn at the same rate, so your dog may take more or less time depending on it's working attitude, desire, age, trainability, etc.

Blue Ribbon Kennels

3030 Kickapoo Road

Jackson, Mississippi 39209

601.981.0183

Blue Ribbon Kennels Today

Blue Ribbon Kennels is indeed a kennel set apart from others. After the initial evaluation of each dog, a special training regimen designed to meet his or her needs is prescribed.

One on one instruction permits a close relationship between the trainer and dog. Achievements as well as failures are shared along the way. The result is a special training environment designed to help each dog gain self-respect and confidence through an effective experience.

Blue Ribbon Kennel's training methods focus on teaching a dog to learn in the way they can learn, so as to insure each dog develops to the fullest potential.

The state of the art facilities and excellent grounds are a must when considering where to place your dog, not only to insure the animal's comfort and safety, but also to provide a place where effective training can occur.

There are three basic things you must have in order to effectively train a dog. One is the time necessary to train, another is the facilities (Grounds, water, birds, gunfire, decoys, distractions) and lastly you must have the required knowledge of how to train a dog. Blue Ribbon Kennels has all three!