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Building a Finished Retriever Seminar Series  

Basics of Retriever Training - Part 1 of 3


March 28, 2015



Join Southern Flight HRC on Saturday, March 28th, for the first of three great seminars that are designed to give you the tools to build a Finished level retriever.  



The first seminar will cover obedience training, collar conditioning, force fetch, walk and fetch and force to pile.  This seminar will help you learn how to build a solid foundation for your retriever and will build into the next two seminars which will be approximately three months apart.  They are designed to build a Finished retriever.

The club is pleased to have pro-trainer Clark Kennington with
Kennington Retrievers conduct this seminar discussing the importance of building a solid foundation with basic retriever training.  He will demonstrate effective training practices to help you teach your young retriever as well as how to re-enforce the lessons. This seminar will build into and set the stage for the next seminar which Clark will conduct about three months later.
 
Obedience training will cover basics such as Sit, Here, Heel.  The collar conditioning portion will demonstrate how the e collar is correctly introduced to your dog.  Force fetch is often considered one of the most intimidating aspects of retriever training but it is a very important skills your hunting companion can have, especially if you would like to participate in higher level hunt tests.  He will wrap up with force to pile.  



Bring a notepad, a chair and be ready to take home some valuable lessons to work on with your retriever.  
 
If you have any questions about the Basics seminar, feel free to call:

Clark Kennington at 662-809-5998.



Cost:              No Charge.  Open to anyone.  Feel free to share!

Date:              Saturday, March 28, 2015

Start Time:     8:30 am - Late afternoon


Location:        The catfish ponds at Grenada Lake, MS


Lunch:            Lunch break around 1:00 will be taken at area restaurants.                                    Seminar will resume after lunch.

Directions

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

From I-55:
Exit 208 for Papermill Rd toward N. Grenada
Turn east on Papermill and travel about half a mile
Turn south (right) onto US-51 S and travel 1.8 miles
Turn east (left) onto MS-332 E/Old Hwy 7 toward the airport
Continue on 332 / 7 until you come to a dead-end at the lake.  This will be past the airport.
Turn left at the lake 
Follow about half a mile and turn left into the catfish ponds. 
(Look for the SFHRC sign) 
If you get to the top of the hill and see the lake, you have gone a little too far.  

From MS-8 W
Turn right onto Mississippi Scenic Loop and travel about 0.4 mile
Go across the levy and take the first left.
The catfish ponds drive will be on your right.



Check back after the seminar for photos ....


See you at the line!