Professional
Gun Dog
Training
Whether you’re looking for a high performance retriever that can meet the demands of guiding every day of the season – or you’re a diehard duck hunter that wants to take his gun dog to the next level, we have a training program that is right for you.
Great Start Puppy
Great Start Puppy
The Great Start Puppy Program will provide your pup with a smooth introduction to the daily life of gun dog training.
A Great Start Will Include:
- Proper socialization
- Environmental exposure
- Intro to puppy marks
- Intro to Basic Obedience: Heel, Sit & Here (verbal & whistle) Down, Kennel
Great Start Puppy: $20/Day
Started Gun Dog
Started Gun Dog
The Started Gun Dog is a good companion & a good hunter. A Started Gun Dog is obedient to commands, steady to wing & shot, marks fallen birds, retrieves promptly & delivers to hand.
Started Gun Dog Training Itinerary:
- Intro to Retrieving: Land & Water Marks
- Obedience: Heel, Sit & Here (verbal & whistle), Down, Kennel, Honor
- Intro to Live Birds & Gunfire
- Force Fetch & Collar Conditioning
- Hunt Scenario Based Training (field blind, boat blind, pit blind, A-frame, upland)
- Junior/Started Level Hunt Test Concepts
Started Gun Dog Training: $25/Day
Advanced Gun Dog
Advanced Gun Dog
This program will expand on the development of the Basic Gun Dog by transitioning the dog into Advanced level work.
If you’re a professional guide, an outfitter or a diehard waterfowl hunter – this is the training program for you.
The skill level & work load will increase as the Advanced Gun Dog will learn to mark & retrieve multiple birds as well as complete blind retrieves on land & water.
Advanced Gun Dog Training Itinerary:
- Pile Work, Lining, Casting, Single T, Water T, Swimby, Decheating
- Multiple Marks
- Blind Retrieves
- Hunt Scenario Based Training (field blind, boat blind, pit blind, A-frame, upland)
- Master / Finished Level Hunt Test Concepts
Advanced Gun Dog Training: $30/Day
Our Winning Dogs
We couldn’t be more happy with our dogs & the progress they’ve made in training!

Salt Valley Hunting Retriever Club
Syracuse, Nebraska

Salt Valley Hunting Retriever Club
Syracuse, Nebraska

Missouri Valley Hunt Club
Valley, Nebraska

Missouri Valley Hunt Club
Valley, Nebraska

Great Plains Hunt Retriever Club
Wood River, Nebraska

Great Plains Hunt Retriever Club
Wood River, Nebraska

Nebraska Dog & Hunt Club
Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska Dog & Hunt Club
Lincoln, Nebraska

Mid-Iowa Retriever Club
Des Moines, Iowa

Nebraska Dog & Hunt Club
Lincoln, Nebraska