Raising and Training Retriever Puppies with Pat Nolan

Raising Your Retriever Puppies is an online, interactive, video illustrated training manual on raising and training retrievers for the field and competition. The training approach presented is based on over 30 years experience successfully raising and training retrievers for competition.

This puppy training manual will show ways to develop drive, mold desirable character traits and instill a love of training and learning in your puppy.

This program is aimed at puppies 7 weeks to 6 months. The information about how dogs learn is applicable to dogs of all ages. 

To get the most from this program you will need an open mind a genetically gifted puppy, a flat buckle collar, some string, Puppy bumpers, Dixie cups, tennis ball, hot dogs and a couple of puppy size pallets. (we'll explain each piece of equipment as you need it)

There are two RSS Feeds that show all the new content as we add it: Training Retriever Puppies Video RSS Feed and a Training Retriever Puppies Manual RSS Feed.

 What a student can expect to learn from this Course:

• Introduction to how dogs learn
• Understanding Luring for new behavior/responses
• Understanding Rewarding
• Using a verbal Marker or the Terminal Signal
• Building retrieve drive
• Beginning obedience
• Beginning instruction on casting and lining
• Introducing your pup to birds,
• Introducing your pup to the gun.
• Introducing your pup to the water
• Beginning marks on land and water

As new sections are added they will be listed here.

Do You Want Results like this?

  Video of 4.5 month old Puppy doing a triple Mark

Video of 7 month old Puppy doing a Channel Mark   

Video of 4.5 month old puppy walkout  blind with poison bird

With video clips and articles I want to help you maximize your puppy's potential, raise a retriever pup you can enjoy and help you prepare him for a successful life of competition and hunting.

12/25/2010 We are building this site and adding video clips and training articles regularly. Subscribe to our RSS feed and "Like" our clips. You can "Like" our Facebook page "Training Retriever Puppies" and you will not miss out on any new content.