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January 20th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments
Annie training with Chris Colt of Cove Mountain Kennels

Annie training with Chris Colt of Cove Mountain Kennels

These past few months have been a little bit sad for me since my best dog training buddy Chris Colt took a job in a neighboring state and moved. Chris runs Cove Mountain Kennels and trains hunting dogs for others and is good at what he does. I was always glad to plant birds for him or do whatever I could to be helpful. I learned a lot from being around him and watching him work with pointing dogs. He is really good at reading dogs and bringing them along at their own pace. Training pointing dogs can be a lot of fun, sometimes even more fun than hunting behind them. But, without a good training partner it can get a little ominous and not quite so fulfilling. I’ve got a couple of new brittany pups to work with this spring and am on the prowl for a couple of new dog training partners in central Utah. However, If you ever get up to Idaho and need your gun dog trained or tuned up for fall, give Chris a call. You won’t be disappointed.

  1. January 26th, 2010 at 14:07 | #1

    Ran across your blog a few weeks ago and posted a link on mine. I am in Grand Junction, Colorado, 20 miles from the Utah line. If your ever in the area give me a shout, I have some decent training grounds close to the ranch here. Would love to get more of your insight on hatching and raising quail. By the way, we are supposed to pick up a Dave Walker Brittany in March..

    Tim

  2. June 22nd, 2010 at 22:22 | #2

    Just want to say, that I enjoy your website. I am getting a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon pup in sixth months and this will be my first gun dog. You have great articles and awesome pictures. I wish you the best, I will continue to read what is on your site. If you could include any tips you have for the “Whoa” command, or how to prep quail, pheasant, or pidgeons for training that would be most appreciated. You have awesome dogs.