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We at Louter Creek Hunting Poodles are striving
to breed back the Hunting Poodles with good drive to retrieve in
and out of the water. Standard Poodles are very intelligent,
easily trained and are proven to be efficient water retrievers.
Our dogs are trained slow and steady to achieve the desired
results which is an outstanding, reliable waterfowl retriever.
Training begins at an early age of eight weeks by retrieving
stuffed toys and bird wings. It is also essential to introduce
them to water at an early age, and to different bodies of water
and different terrain as they get older. Basic training (leash,
crate, come & sit commands, hunting acclimation (water, birds,
guns) and good citizenship (house breaking, car travel, kids,
family play) etc.
It takes a lot of time and dedication to train your poodle
yourself, but in the end it is well worth it, as there is a real
bond between the hunter and life long hunting companion. We made
the choice to train Cooper ourselves with no use of e-collars or
force fetch training.
Here are some good books that have been great tools to us, The
Ten Minute Retriever, Retriever Training (A Back-to-Basics
Approach) by Robert Milner and Water Dog by Richard A. Wolters. Most
important is to practice different drills such as the depth
perception drill which really helps them use their eyes for
marking (watching the fall of the bird).
People often ask how many passes (points) you need for a UKC
Hunt title. Retrieval of two single birds on land and two from
the water equal one pass (5 points). The retriever has to mark
his retrieve and go directly to the bird, pick it up and bring
it back to the handlers area. Your retriever has to earn a total
of four passes (20 points) to achieve his SHR (Started Hunting
Retriever) title.
At 14 months old Cooper has obtained his first Hunting title
with the UKC called SHR (Started Hunting Retriever) and a WC
(Working Certificate) . He is now retrieving 100 yard land
marks, 50-60 yard water marks, including doubles and short blind
retrieves. We will be working with Cooper to obtain his AKC
title in the spring and will enjoy duck hunting with him this
fall and winter. We also look forward to running hunt tests next
Spring with our young RED girls!


11/17/07 Opening day of Duck Season is finally here and
what
a great time we had in North West Georgia.
Cooper had his work cut out for him as we had four hunters.
CONSERVE GAME BY USING

A TRAINED RETRIEVER !


SOUTHERN STANDARDS RED
CREOLE WC
"Cooper" gets a pass at the Music City HRC in TN
Cooper gets his WC (Working Certificate) at the CCPC All
Poodle Hunt Test in NC 9-16-07

Pictures taken at the WC/ WCX all Poodle hunt test on 9-16-07
Layla retrieving a duck at 5 months

Cooper earnes his SHR
title at the Midlands
HRC Hunt test Oct. 07 |
Cooper gets a pass at the Big Elkin HRC
hunt test in NC
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Reba retrieving a
Chuckar at 8 wks. |
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Reba retieving
a Mallard at 8 wks. |
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Cooper retrieving a duck |
Cooper coming to shore with a duck |

Reba's First Pheasant Hunt at 6 months. old



    

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