Stonewall Retrievers offers a unique training experience. Owner/trainer Jan Burkholder's philosophy is that a great hunting dog responds to his owner as well as he responds to his trainer.
After a two-week adjustment period during which she becomes familiar with your dog, she encourages owners to invest as much time as possible in the training program. The dog will be your hunting partner and she encourages you to build the close bond necessary to have a great hunting companion.
Jan has been training dogs for more than 20 years. She has dedicated her life to the fine art of dog training and to developing a training program with proven success. She studied with dog training legends such as the late Rex Carr and Bill Sargenti in order to master her craft, but she also has an natural gift for understanding and teaching dogs.
Young dogs started through her programs have gone on to receive every possible AKC-recognized retriever title including Field Champion, Amateur Field Champion, Master Hunters, Working Certificates and National Retriever Trial Finalists. Jan is equally proud of having trained hundreds of successful hunting dogs with whom their owners enjoy the pleasures of hunting waterfowl and/or upland game birds.
Stonewall Retrievers offers programs for waterfowl and upland game hunting. A puppy head start program is also offered. Please click on the link for waterfowl for details about this program.