Archive for January, 2021


Pups: Thinking Finished from the Very Beginning, Part 2

by Rich Carpenter Puppy teaching is sort of like watching the hour hand on a watch.  While you are watching it, there seems to be no movement at all.  Yet, if you come back in a while it has moved considerably.  When you’ve been away from pups and working with a finished dog for 10 […]

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Pups: Thinking Finished from the Very Beginning, Part 1

by Rich Carpenter Since I’m starting another pup and have trained several dogs to the Finished level, Tom Vanderpool asked me if I’d put a few thoughts together for the Platte Valley Newsletter for a few issues, since early training can be so important to realizing the maximum potential of a retriever.  This is not […]

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