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We will start walking our puppies at about 4 wks old, getting them used to listening & different obstacles.   At about 6 months old we will harness brake them with small teams until they get the hang of it!

 

All the puppies will train 1 season before they race in the limited class for a year. Then they  graduate to open class at about 2 years old!


 
 
To keep the dogs in condition all summer long, we let them loose in a 3 acre fenced in area to run & play with each other. This is done everyday for 1 hour in the morning(before work) & 2 hours at night(after work).
 

 

                                                                                                                                                                 Puppies first training session!
 
 
We start 4 wheeler training in mid October. We will start out a 5 miles & work our way up until the snow flies!

 One time a week we walk to a lake about 1 mile from our house to go swimming. We usually take groups of 17 dogs to split the lot up evenly. There we will play ball & almost all the dogs swim for about an hour. I think this is by far their favorite summer activity!

 

 

We also free run behind a 4 wheeler 2x's a week for a 2.5 mile run to a lake & back. The dogs love this & it really helps them learn their gate!