My Hunting Dog Training Blog

My Sister Jana sent me this picture of her husband Phil holding there new yellow lab puppy. I guess they decided to buy two little male puppies from this litter of yellow labs. Phil has been hard at work building a kennel in their backyard and a dog mansion. My sister and her husband live in Spring, Texas in the Houston area. They briefly had a golden retriever until they discovered that Jana was allergic to dogs. This time they are hoping that keeping the dogs in the backyard will not bother Jans's allergies.

This past month or so I have been reading another great book by Bill Tarrant. This one is titled "Hey Pup, Fetch it Up!: The Complete Retriever Training Manual" and it is a real gem. There are many great lessons in training dogs and in understanding the relationship between dog and man. His personal preference for retrievers oozes forth in this gun dog training masterpiece. I'm only halfway through the book and I am already convinced that my next dog is gonna have to be a labrador retriever. Now I just have to convince my wife that I need one more hunting dog.