What to expect from a started or seasoned dog from Muddy Paws Kennels.
Breeding: Your dog will be bred from some of the finest British and/or Irish working bloodlines. The Sire and Dam will be Seasoned working dogs that have picked up Dove, quail, Pheasant, Duck and Geese. The Sire and Dam will be OFA certified and have a current CERF (eye) exam. One thing is for certain, a dog from one of our breedings will have an inherent desire to hunt and retrieve game.
Your dog will be AKC registered and carry a full registration.
Training: At Muddy Paws Kennels, we do not train field trial or hunt test dogs. We train hunting Labrador Retrievers / Gundogs. In order to accomplish our goal, we use techniques that are somewhat different from those techniques normally used. There is a heavy emphasis placed on obedience and developing the dogs natural game finding ability. Our dogs are not discouraged from using their natural game finding abilities.
Our dogs are developed to retrieve downed game in the most efficient manner that they can.
Started Dogs
A started dog from Muddy Paws Kennel is defined as follows:
The dog has received obedience training (heel, sit, stay, come, sit to whistle and recall on whistle) is steady to shot and will do land singles out to 100 yards and water singles out to 75 yards. The dog will also deliver game to hand.
The dog will be introduced to birds, decoys, duck calls, goose calls, boats, blinds, and timber stands and will have had some live birds shot over it.
A started dog will typically be a dog that is ten months to one year old.
When purchasing a started dog, there are no surprises.
Each started dog will be sold with a shooting demonstration where the dog is put in a hunting situation.
A started level dog is one that can perform as a hunting retriever in hunting situations.
Seasoned Dogs
A seasoned dog from Muddy Paws Kennel is defined as follows:
The dog has received obedience training (sit, stay, come, sit to whistle and recall on whistle) is steady to shot and will do land single out to 125 yards and water singles out to 100 yards. The dog will do double marked retrieves. The dog will take hand and whistle signals to a bird that it did not see fall out to 80 yards. The dog will also deliver game to hand. The dog will be introduced to birds, decoys, duck calls, goose calls, boats, blinds, and timber stands and will have had numerous live birds shot over it. A seasoned dog will have retrieved several hundred pigeons and ducks in a training situation. A seasoned dog will typically be 1 to 1 1/2 years of age. A seasoned level dog is one that can perform as a hunting retriever in most hunting situations. Each seasoned dog will be sold with a shooting demonstration where the dog is put in hunting situations.
*Note: Availability of started and seasoned dogs is limited.
Important Health Pet Information
We are so excited to tell everyone, we recommend to start and maintain all pups and dogs on an all natural, high nutritional dog food with no fillers or preservatives. We recommend Lifes Abundance brand products at all our customers. Its not only vet approved, but formulated by a vetranarian. You may compare to other brands who claim to be the best by going to the website . Just click on http://trilogyonline.com/lawson and see for yourself. Once in the site go to people pet and planet prompts at the top and open pet. Go about halfway down to the alert, with a photo of the pup and kitten and open it. It will tell you what other brand foods don't want you to know. Then go back to pet, open dry dog food prompt on keft, and look to the left side, open compare other brands. It will tell you what those other brands have in them and dont have in them. It will even tell you the price per day to feed both. You may order straight from this site or call for more details.
For further information, contact Keith Lawson at (573) 471- 5036 or at muddypaw@hotmail.com