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Richard has been training and hunting sporting
dogs since the age of 15, and grew up in a family of springers
and dual champion German Shorthairs. He’s been training and running dogs
in AKC and CKC hunt tests and field trials since 1980, and has been judging
both events since the mid-80’s. Since 1990, Richard has earned
24 field titles on personally-owned dogs in hunt tests and field
trials, in both AKC and CKC events. These include 5 National Champion
titles and 2 National runner-ups. For friends he has trained and
placed shorthairs, wirehairs, pointers, all three varieties of
setters, vizslas, weimaraners, brittanies, wirehaired pointing
griffons, and springers in AKC field trials and hunt tests, as
well as NSTRA and NAVHDA events. He’s
also helped friends learn how to successfully handle their dogs
in competition. To judge field events and compete with his dogs,
Richard has traveled from Washington state to New York state, and
all points in between (often making stops to go hunting along the
way).
Richard enjoys the natural abilities of both pointing
and flushing dogs. He trains using praise, repetition and correction.
Dogs are clearly taught the exercise first, and the e-collar
is only used if necessary for later correction. Several of Richard’s
dogs have never and never will experience the e-collar. One of
Richard’s gifts is his ability to tailor his training method
to the particular dog, rather than impose an identical regimen
on every dog. His overall goal is to enhance that dog’s natural
abilities. He believes ALL breeds can retrieve, and enjoys demonstrating
his pointers’s retrieving abilities on both land and water.
Richard looks forward to sharing his learning experiences with
others.
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