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Retriever Training Videos as Seen On DU TV Join Drake, the DU dog, and Trainer Mike Stewart for all new training tips that will have your lab ready for the upcoming hunting season.  Watch them online for free!

The Right Stuff

• Puppy Selection: Part I
• Puppy Selection: Part II
  

Back to the Basics

• 10 Pitfalls in Retriever Training, Part I
• 10 Pitfalls in Retriever Training, Part II
• Retriever Training: What Not To Do

Advanced Retriever Training

• Balance in Training
• Delivery to Hand: Part I
• Delivery to Hand: Part II
• Delivery to Hand: Part III
  
  
• Marking Enhancement - Part I
• Marking Enhancement - Part II
• Marking Enhancement - Part III
• Marking Enhancement: Distance Extensions - Part IV

• "The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this Earth will ever be." -Konrad Lorenz

  Marking Enhancement: Lining - Part V
  
  
• Puttin' on the Polish
• Retrievers: The Training Plan - Part I
• Retrievers: The Training Plan - Part II
  
  
• Retriever Training: Steadiness Part I
• Steadying the Retriever - Part II

On the Hunt

• Marker of the Gun
• Preparing a Retriever for Duck Hunting
• The Fundamentals of Blinds

Robert Milner

• Five Key Points for Training Retrievers

Dave Carty (Features from previous DU Magazine editions)

• Common Problems, Practical Solutions for Serious Hunting Mistakes
• Canine Encounters of the Wrong Kind
• Adding Polish and Style
• Better Blind Retrieves
• The Essential Golden
• The Unholy Time Schedule

A Retriever's Prayer

"Dear Lord: Please watch over our humans, they are so weak. They have no claws or teeth, they can't run fast or fly away, neither can they burrow or build a nest in which to be safe. They smell bad, do strange things that aren't altogether intelligent, have no real ability to communicate with us, although we are able to figure out what they want." -Author Unknown


Special thanks to:

Mike Stewart
Wildrose Kennels
The Gentleman's Gundog™
Trainer of Drake, the DU Dog
www.uklabs.com