Lola … One day my husband was on his way home from work when he noticed some men out in a field working their Labs. He stopped to see what was going on, and began talking to them about their dog training process. At the time, we had a 9 month old female chocolate Lab at home named Lola. She knew some basic obedience and how to fetch a ball.
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Lola was a good, but basic dog. After spending a few informative hours with Jim and Kenny, my husband came home all excited about having found a place to board our dog when we were on vacation.
A few weeks later, we went on a week vacation and left Lola with Jim & Kenny at Coyote Creek Retrievers. When we came back to pick her up, they showed us what they had been doing with her. Lola was so focused and eager to work for them that it was amazing. Impressed with what we had observed, my husband and I came home to discuss what our next step with Lola was going to be, and how long we should put her in Jim & Kenny’s hands for training. I was very reluctant to leave my “baby girl” in training, but after really thinking it over, we decided to try it out for two months.
I would go out to Coyote Creek Retrievers and see her once a week. Each week she was a different dog onto a new step in the training process. I couldn’t believe it was the same dog. After the two months had passed, we saw how happy she was to be doing what she was bred to do. We decided to leave her in school to continue her training. Before I knew it, 2 months had turned into 5 months and I was also in training full time. I never imagined that I would turn my dog over to someone else for training. I never imagined that in doing so, I would become more involved with my dog and completely immersed in training. This experience is more than I thought possible. Coyote Creek Retrievers has become my home away from home. I have formed friendships with everyone at Coyote Creek Retrievers. Especially Kenny, who has been very generous with his time and his knowledge for which I will be forever grateful.
Lola passed her first AKC Junior Hunt Test prior to leaving CCR, and I am planning to finish her Junior Hunter Title in the Spring and early Summer of 2010. I haven’t told Kenny this yet, but am planning on having him guide Lola and me through to a Senior Title. LOL!