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OKAW VALLEY
KENNELS

AT OKAW VALLEY KENNELS WE RAISE
AND TRAIN, LABRADOR RETRIEVER,
POINTERS, GERMAN SHORTHAIR, AND
DO PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF ALL
RETRIEVERS AND POINTING DOGS
WE ARE MORE INTO DOGS THAT ARE
FOR THE HUNTER THAN FOR THE FIELD
TRIAL. WE DO NOT LIKE HARD HEADED ,
CRAZY, DOGS, THAT TAKE FOREVER TO
GET TRAINED TO A LEVEL WHERE YOU
CAN HANDLE THEM. WE LIKE DOGS
THAT HAVE PLENTY OF BRAINS , NOSE,
HUNT DRIVE, AND EASY TRAIN-ABILITY.

SO THE TYPE DOGS WE SELL AS PUPS, STARTED PUPS, OR
FINISHED DOGS, WILL BE THE TYPE OF DOG THAT WILL DO
THE JOB WITH PLENTY OF HUNT DRIVE. BUT WITH AN EASE
OF HANDLING THE DOG.

OUR POINTERS WILL BE THE TYPE OF DOG WITH PLENTY
OF NATURAL POINT, GREAT NOSE , AND OF A TRAIN-ABLE
NATURE. AND NOT THE TYPE OF POINTING DOG THAT IS ALL
RUN AND NO BRAINS.

I HAVE WORKED WITH BIRD DOGS FOR 30 YEARS AND I HAVE
SEEN MY SHARE OF THOSE TYPE DOGS THAT ARE SO HARD
HEADED YOU CAN'T EVER GET A FULL HANDLE ON THEM. SO
I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO FIND THE TYPE DOGS THAT WILL
BE OF A VERY TRAINABLE NATURE AND HAVE PLENTY OF
NATURAL ABILITY.

OUR LABRADOR RETRIEVERS ARE OUT OF HUNT TEST DOGS
AND OUT OF DOGS THAT HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES AS
GREAT HUNTERS AS WELL AS BEING VERY EASY TO HANDLE.

I HAVE WORKED WITH LAB'S FOR 30 YEARS ALSO. AND I
HAVE SEEN TOO MANY POOR BRED LAB'S. SOME HAD TOO
SOFT A NATURE TO BE WORKED WITH AS A RETRIEVER.
SOME HAD TOO HARD HEADED A NATURE TO BE TRAINABLE.
I LOOK FOR A DOG OF A BOLD NATURE , BUT NOT A HARD
HEAD. AND THESE TYPE DOGS CAN BECOME MUCH MORE OF
AN ENJOYMENT TO HUNT WITH. AND CAN PERFORM JUST AS
WELL AS ANY OF THE HARD HEADED, HYPER, DOGS.

WHEN PUPS ARE SOLD THE PUPS ARE SOCIALIZED,
INTRODUCED TO BIRDS, WILL SHOW A HAPPY REACTION TO
A BLANK PISTOL, AND WILL BE DOING SOMETHING TO
PROVE THEIR POTENTIAL AS A GUN DOG. FOR EXAMPLE A
BIRD DOG PUP WILL BE STARTING TO SCENT POINT BIRDS.
LAB PUPS WILL BE FETCHING LIVE CLIPPED WING PIGEONS.
AND DELIVERING THE BIRD TO HAND. WE DO NOT LIKE TO
SELL PUPS UNTIL THEY SHOW THEY HAVE POTENTIAL. THIS
INSURES THAT YOU HAVE A PUP THAT IS GOING TO DO THE
JOB. AND THAT WILL BE TRAINABLE. WE USUALLY DO NOT
SELL OUR PUPS UNTIL THEY ARE TEN TO TWELVE WEEKS
OLD. BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO PROVE THEMSELVES.

WHEN WE SELL OLDER PUPS THAT ARE STARTED, THE
LEVEL OF TRAINING WILL VARY. IT IS ALL A MATTER OF HOW
THE PUP IS LEARNING AND DEVELOPING. AND A MATTER OF
THE AGE WE PUT THE PUP FOR SALE.

AT ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS OLD WE BEGIN BIRD DOG
AND LAB PUPS IN E-COLLAR CONDITIONING. OUR METHOD
OF TRAINING BIRD DOGS IS LOCATED ON PAGE "OUR
POINTING DOGS". OUR METHOD OF TRAINING RETRIEVERS IS
ON THE PAGE "OUR RETRIEVERS".

WE ALSO OFFER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF RETRIEVERS
AND POINTING DOGS. HOWEVER WE ARE THE TYPE KENNEL
THAT ONLY TAKES ON A SMALL NUMBER OF DOGS.
BECAUSE WE ARE THE TYPE OF KENNEL THAT BELIEVES IN
TRAINING DOGS DAILY. AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX DAYS PER
WEEK. MANY PRO TRAINING KENNELS TAKE ON A LARGE
NUMBER OF DOGS AND CAN NOT PROPERLY WORK THE
DOGS TO A TRAINED PERFORMANCE. MOST OF THESE TYPE
KENNELS ONLY GET THE DOG'S INSTINCT TO HUNT
DEVELOPED AND DO NOT SPEND TIME AT ACTUALLY
TRAINING THE DOG. WE BELIEVE IN TOTALLY TRAINING A
DOG TO WORK AND STAY TRAINED. THIS IS WHY WE ONLY
TAKE ON A SMALL NUMBER OF DOGS.

WE ARE A SMALL KENNEL WITH BIG
QUALITY TRAINING RESULTS. WE TRAIN
DOGS WITH QUALITY METHODS THAT
WORK TO PRODUCE ABOVE AVERAGE
RESULTS

CHECK OUT OUR PAGE ON "OUR TRAINING METHODS", AND
OUR PAGE ON "FORCE BREAKING" TO FIND OUT OUR
GENERAL TRAINING PHILOSOPHY. YOU WILL FIND THAT WE
TRAIN DOGS WITH A MUCH MORE THOROUGH METHOD OF
TRUE TRAINING THAN MOST PRO TRAINING METHODS.

WE WORK HARDER TO PLEASE THE CLIENT WE TRAIN FOR
THAN THE BIG NAME TRAINERS. SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE A
SMALL KENNEL THAT HAS TO KEEP CLIENTS HAPPY SO THE
GOOD WORD ABOUT OUR METHOD CAN BE PASSED ON.

ALSO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CLIENT TO MAKE SURE
TRAINING IS GOING WELL AFTER THE DOG IS TRAINED AND
BACK IN THE OWNERS HANDS.. THIS IS ALSO TRUE WITH THE
DOGS WE SELL AS FULLY BROKE DOGS.

AT THE
PRESENT
TIME JOHN
LEONARD IS
DISABLED
WITH A
SERIOUS
HEART
CONDITION