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Tallgrass British male yellow labrador jumping into a pond after a training bumper showing the difference between British lab and American lab training

Started Pups & Started Dogs

"The training is not in the dog... it's in the relationship with the dog."   ~ Robert Clair 

Robert training Tallgrass Kennels yellow British lab Started Pup
British black labrador male Grady steadiness training at Tallgrass Kennels
Tallgrass Kennels British lab trainer throwing a dummy duck for Started Pup British lab training steadiness and marking using british methods for training

Started Pups

We offer Started Pups as an option for our clients who would prefer to miss the “puppy stage.”

Our Started Pups are typically
6-8 months old
Accustomed to walking calmly on lead at heel
Accustomed to water
Accustomed to crates/kennels
Accustomed to gun fire
Reliably delivering retrieved objects to hand
Hunting a specific area on command
&
Preliminary steadiness has been achieved

At this stage of development, they are polite partners.

Tallgrass Kennels british lab training young black lab retrieving in lake water
Canvas dog training bumper
Tallgrass yellow British labrador holding bumper in mouth while trainer works with him.
Tallgrass Kennels British labrador training in South Dakota field
Tallgrass Kennels female British black labrador sitting in camo canoe near pond

Started Dogs

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We also offer Started Dogs on a limited basis.

Our Started Dogs are an extention of our Started Pups and are typically:

14-18 months old
Obedient/heels on and off lead
Steady to shot
Reliably delivering retrieved objects (including dead & live birds) to hand
Hunting a specific area (including remotely) on command
Reliably responding to whistle (stop, hunt, and recall)
Taking casts
Reliably picking up blind retrieves out to 200 yards.

Our training program is not centered around a device;
we do not use electronic collars.
We focus on the relationship between the dog and handler.
 

Black male British lab from Tallgrass Kennels retrieving duck outof blue pond.
Tallgrass Kennels yellow and black British labs retrieving bumpers in water
Tallgrass Kennels yellow male British labrador retriever posing at sunset
British labrador training with Robert Clair at Tallgrass Kennels teaching client differences between British lab training and American training techniques
Tallgrass Kennels british lab trainer teaching a new Started Dog owner about the differences between American lab and British lab and training without e-collars
Very handsome wet British male black labrador in yellow fall grass holding a training duck at Tallgrass Kennels property
Tallgrass Kennels Brindlebay British labrador black male from England holding canvas bumper NO force fetch
Yellow male British labrador retrieving duck dummy out of pond at Tallgrass Kennels.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2
 

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